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194.—Caccabis chukar, Gray. (820.) 
The Gilgit Chikore agrees exactly with the race from Ladak 
(C. pallescens of Hume). This form ought possibly to be 
separated from C. chukar; it is not merely a pale form of 
that species, as the name might lead readers to infer, but is 
distinguished by an appreciably different colouration. In the 
Gilgit specimens the upper parts and wings are very grey, a 
rufous-brown tinge being only present on the hind head and 
as a band across the interscapulary region ; the breast is pure 
French grey; and the black bars on the flanks are wider 
than in typical @. chukar. The Chikore of Eastern Turkestan 
(C. pallidus of Hume), however, is only slightly paler and 
more sandy-coloured than C. chukar from the southern slopes 
of the Himalayas, and should not be separated from the 
latter. 
195.—Coturnix communis, Bonn. (529.) 
The Common Quail is a summer visitor to Gilgit, and breeds 
there in small numbers. It arrives about the end of March, 
and leaves at the end of September. I never saw it in 
winter. 
196.— Otis tetrax, Lin. (836 ¢er.) 
This species appears to be merely a straggler to Gilgit ; 
and it seems to me certain that it does not breed in the 
district. 
197.—Charadrius fulvus, Gme/. (845.) 
This species appears merely to pass through the district in 
spring; in autumn it occurs in small numbers, and hardly 
makes any stay. I secured two specimens, both males, on 
the 27th September and 3rd October; the wings measure 
6:2 and 6°7 inches; and the axillaries are dark grey. 
199.—Aégialitis curonica, Gmel. (849.) 
This Plover is common in Gilgit on passage from the end 
of March to the first week in May, and from the third week 
in September to the middle of October. Hight specimens 
preserved have the wings 4°5 to 4:7 inches, and agree com- 
pletely with European examples. 
200.— Aigialitis hiaticula, Lin. (S49 bis.) 
This species seems to be only a rare straggler to Gilgit in 
autumn. I obtained but one specimen, a female in immature 
plumage and lacking the black frontal band, on the 1Jth 
October 1879. This example agrees completely with English 
