140 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF GILGIT. 
specimens of the same age, and measures :—Length, 7 inches ; 
wing, 4°9; tail, 2°25; tarsus, 0°93; mid toe and claw, 0°85 ; 
bill from gape, 0°58. _Agialitis hiaticula has only once, with 
certainty, been recorded from the plains of India (Stray 
Fearuers, VIII., p. 198, 1879). 
201.—Vanellus vulgaris, Bechst, (851.) 
Common in spring and autumn on passage; but a few 
remain in favourable spots throughout the winter ; they do not 
leave the district for the north, until about the first week in 
April. As to the note about the colouration of the sexes 
(ante, p. 94), it is certain that the adult female has the lores, 
chin, and throat black as in the male; the specimens having 
these parts white were probably immature. The adult female 
in breeding plumage only differs from the male in having a 
shorter crest and the colours less vivid. 
202.—Chettusia gregaria, Pallas. (852.) 
This species passes through Gilgit on migration in spring 
and autumn, without making any stay. Occasional specimens 
were secured between the 4th March and 8th April. 
203.—Lobivanellus indicus, Bodd. (855.) 
Apparently only a straggler to Gilgit in spring. I heard 
its unmistakable cry once, in June 1879, but neither saw nor 
heard it afterwards until the following year, when I secured 
a fine specimen on the 24th April. 
204.—Grus virgo, Lin. (866.) 
A flock passed over Gilgit on the 21st March, flying north- 
wards, 
205.—Scolopax rusticula, Lin. (867.) 
The Woodcock is found about Gilgit, in ordinary winters, 
only in very small numbers. It may breed in the district, 
in the mountains at high elevations, but certainly not in the 
Gilgit valley. A pale-coloured female, shot in December, 
had the wing 7°6 inches in length, and weighed 9°75 oz. 
206.—Gallinago solitaria, Hodgs. (869.) 
I found this fine Snipe in fair numbers about the middle 
of October, in a small valley near Gilgit, at an elevation of 
9,000 feet. It very rarely occurs in the main valley. 
207.—Gallinago scolopacina, Bonap. (871.) 
My dates for the arrival and departure of the common 
Snipe quite agree with those given by Major Biddulph. Very 
