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Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 345 (Thall: passes through in March). 

 Marshall, op. cit. xv., p. 853 (Quetta : common in autumn and spring) ; 

 Cumming, op. cit. xvi., p. 691 (said to occur in Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., 

 p. 943 (Jummu). 



Large flocks occur in the cold weather in the fields around Doaba and 

 occasionally round Kohat, Lachi, and Dhand. I flushed a bird on the 21st 

 of June, 1906, on the stony plain near Dandar in the Kurram Valley, which 

 was possibly breeding in the neighbourhood. 



[1317.] Pterocles fasciatus. The Painted Sand-Grouse. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii., p. 944 (Jummu). 



A rare bird, probably resident. Mr. Donald told me that he had 

 frequently flushed a pair of strange Sand-Grouse in the scrub-jungle west 

 of Shinauri (3,800 feet), but that for a long time they managed to escape. 

 Eventually, however, one was brought to bag and on being compared with 

 Hume and Marshall's ' Game Birds of India ' was found to correspond 

 exactly with this species. This is not the first record of its occurrence west 

 of the Indus. In 1902, Major Barton, of the Guides, sent a skin to the 

 Bombay Natural History Society, and in a note to the Journal (vol. xiv., 

 p. 606) wrote that the bird was shot every year near Mardan and that it 

 was said to be resident. 



[1321.] Pteroclurus exustus. The Common Sand-Grouse. 



A resident in Kohat, but not very common. Pteroclurus alchata should 

 occur, but we have not met with it, nor has Mr. Donald. 



[1342.] Lophophorus refulgens. The Monal. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi., p. 61 (common in Lower Chitral) ; Ward, op. 

 cit. xvii., p. 944 (common in Kashmir). 



Fairly numerous on the Safed Koh from 9,000 feet to tree-limit. I came 

 across young ones fairly strong on the wing on the 27th of June. 



[1355.] Coturnix communis. The Grey Quail. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 345 (Thall: passes through in spring and 

 autumn, a few are resident) ; Marshall, op; cit. xv., p. 353 (Quetta : a few occur 

 in spring and autumn) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi., p. 61 (Chitral: passes through 

 in spring, a few stay) ; Cumming, t. c, p. 692 (Seistan : fairly common ; nests 

 in March and April) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 944 (summer visitor, nesting). 



Passes through in varying numbers from about the third week in March 

 till the middle of May, and returns in August and September. Forty-six 

 brace to two guns is the best morning's bag that I remember being made. 

 Every year a few pairs stay to nest. Colonel Rattray found four eggs on 

 the 21st of April near Thall. Mr. Donald has come across several nests, on 

 one occasion actually treading on the sitting bird. 



[1356.] Coturnix coramandelioa. The Rain Quail. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii., p. 944. (A rare visitor: has been known to 

 nest in Kashmir.) 





