RAMBLING NOTES ON NAT. HIST. IN CHITRAL. 619 



Bkahminy Dtjck C"Casarca rutila), Pallas. — I saw three Brahminy duck 

 flying north on the 17th April, and a large flight containing over 70 on the 

 25th. I saw one or two settled on the banks of the river at Drosh. 



Gadwall (J' Chaulelasmus streperus), Linne. — A few shot in March. 



Eed-crested Pochard {^^Netta rufina), Pallas. — Many seen, and a few 

 shot in March. 



PocHAKD ij' Nyroca fevina), Linne. — I shot one on the 27th March. 



White-btbd Dtjck (■• Nyroca ferruginea), Sharpe and Dresser. — A few 

 shot in February and March going north. 



Smew {^ Mergus albelhis),JAnrvh. — A party of four were seen after the 

 very severe snowstorm in January. Three of these were brought to bag 

 on the 29th of January. 



REPTILIA. 



The reptiles of Chitral formed the subject of a separate paper which has 

 already appeared in this Journal.* 



PISCES. 



Oreinus richardsoni. — ^I sent home specimens of the fish called by every 

 one " Snow trout" to Mr. Boulenger. It appears that these are not trout 

 at all but a species of a diff'erent genus. 



ANNELIDA. 



Gordius zorattarii (Camerano). — On the 28th of March in very cold 

 weather a specimen of this wire worm was found in the mule trough in 

 Lower Drosh. The Chitralis firmly believe that it falls with the rain. I 

 heard of others being found in the snow about the time when rain was 

 falling. I sent this to Professor Camerano at Turin who identified it, and 

 told me little or nothing is known of its habits. The type was found near 

 Darjeeling. I have had specimens sent me from Shillong in the Khasi 

 Hills, Assam, from Dibrugarh in Upper Assam, and found a specimen my- 

 self this year in my compound at Almora on the 2nd of January on a very 

 cold day whilst sleet was falling. This last, the largest I have seen, 

 measured Vd^ inches, and was the calibre of a fiddle string. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Papers have already appeared in our Journal on the butterflies of 

 Chitral contributed by Captain W. H. Evans, R. E.f 



To the species referred to in these papers I can add three, the identi- 

 fication of which has been confirmed by Captain W. H. Evans, 



Argynnis pales. — I found this fairly common at about 13,000 feet on 

 slopes above Madaglasht, at the end of July and beginning of August, 

 .in company with ^.ye?"(^m var, cAiiroZewses. On the last day of July on 

 the Doki Pass at about 14,000 feet where species were very limited, I 



* Vol. XXI, page 132. t "^ol. XIV, p. 666 and Vol. XX, p. 423. 



