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Major Venour saw three Swallow Plover at close quarters in spring 

 1909 which were not of this species but were either G. orientalis or G. 

 pratincola. 



[1431.] Sarcogrammus indicus. The Reel-wattled Plover. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 346 (common at Thall) ; Marshall, op. cit. 

 xv. p. 353 (only one seen at Quetta, 5,600 ft.) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 946 (a 

 few occur at about 5,000 ft. in Kashmir). 



A few are resident in the plains ; abundant in summer, but scarce in winter. 



[1436.] Vanellus vulgaris. The Lapwing. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 346 ( a few pass through Thall) ; Marshall, 

 op. cit. xv., p. 353 (winter visitor to Quetta) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi., p. 62 

 (Chitral : fairly common up to the end of May ; probably breeds) ; Ward, op. 

 cit. xvii., p. 946 (winter visitor). 



Fairly common from October till the third week in March. 



[1437.] Chettusia gregaria. The Sociable Plover. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 346 (large flocks pass through Thall in 

 April) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi., p. 62 (Chitral: common in winter; saw some at 

 Drosh, 4,300 ft., at the end of May, probably breeds about there) ; Ward, 

 op. cit. xvii., p. 946 (scarce in Kashmir). 



Small flocks pass through from the last week in February till the end of 

 March : many are then in full plumage, i.e., are black and chestnut on the 

 abdomen (see Blanford, Fauna of B. I. vol. iv., p. 232). A solitary example 

 was shot on the parade-ground at Fort Lockhart (6,500 feet), where it had 

 alighted during parade. 



[1438.] Chettusia leuoura. The white-tailed Plover. 



dimming N. L., J. B. N. H. S. xvi., p. 694 (Seistan, 6th May.) 



Mr. Donald shot a specimen on the grass-farm on the 31st of March 1905, 

 and sent it to Major Magrath for identification. This is the only occurrence 

 in Kohat that I know of. In Bannu, however, it is very common in winter 

 about the larger marshes. 



[1446.] ^Egialitis alexandrina. The Kentish Plover. 



A somewhat rare spring visitor, arriving towards the end of February and 

 disappearing before the end of March. Major Magrath has found it 

 common in Bannu in spring and autumn. 



[1447.] JEgialitis dubia. The Little Ringed Plover. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 346 (Thall) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv., p. 353 

 (common at Quetta in spring) ; Cumming, op. cit. xvi., p. 694 (fairly plentiful 

 in Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 946 (Kashmir). 



This species passes through Kohat in small flocks from about the end of 

 February till the middle of May (last seen on the 20th). The numbers vary 

 a good deal. In the spring of 1905 Major Magrath noticed a great many 

 passing through, but in the following year comparatively few were seen. 

 On the gravelly shores of the Kurram it breeds abundantly from Thall up to 



