498 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. 
Sir, ; 
I send you a few notes I have made with reference to 
your “ Game Birps or Inp1a,” for any use you may wish to 
make of them. 
Wood Snipe.—I shot two in the jungles of Mysore, west of 
Shimoga, and heard of two others that were shot in the Man- 
jerabad districts. 
Mallard.—I shot one in Nimar near the Kundwa Railwav 
Station, and one near Aurungabad ; these are the only ones I 
have ever seen in the Deccan. Here in Sind it is one of the 
commonest Ducks found. 
Painted Partridge-—Major Ward quotes me erroneously at 
page 21, Vol. II. I have frequently shot them in the grasslands 
along the edge of the jungle in North-Western Mysore, and 
also in the range of hills extending through the centre of the 
province from Chittaldroog to Tunkur, but nowhere in any num 
bers—about four brace the most I have shot in a day. It is curi- 
ous their being found in this isolated range of hills ; knowing 
all the country well I think I may certainly say there are none 
within 50 miles of the hills in any direction, and probably not 
within 100. 
Snine.—I believe Snipe breed in the marshes near the North- 
West Ghats of Mysore. I have often seen them up to June 
when they were all in pairs, I was never in that part of the 
country later than June. | 
Demoiselle Crane.—Ina thousands on the Toongabudra near 
Hurrihur, but rarely south of that. I have occasionally seen 
small flocks as far south as Chittaldroog and the Sulikeri lake, 
never south of these points. 
Florican.—I saw one specimen shot on the very edge of the 
Western Ghats of Mysore. Its presence so far within the jun- 
glesmust be very rare,asI never saw another there. I have shot 
them in different parts of Mysore in I may say every month 
of the year. They are numerous about Bangalore in the rains 
and cold weather, and I have shot a good many in the hot 
weather in the Shimoga districts to the north, at which time 
there are few or none left at Bangalore. 
- Chikor.—I think you are wrong in supposing them to be found 
in the plains of South Sind.* H. H. Aga Khan, I believe, 
turned out a few couple some years ago in the plains near 
Karachi, and in the Mulleer valley in the hills, but they disap- 
peared immediately, and have never been seen since. "= 
Rain Quail.—Acrive in South Sind towards end of July, and 
remain to breed, the young being fully grown by middle of 
October; they then all disappear. After commencement of 
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#1 cannot remember having any where said that they were found in the plains of 
South Sind.—Ep., 8. F. : 
