THE BIRDS OF KOHAT AND THE KURRAM VALLEY. 973 



Bandar at least ; Colonel Rattray found many nests near Thall, from the end 

 of May onwards. 



I once saw an individual trying to escape observation by lying flat on the 

 ground with head and neck extended, after the fashion of the Stone-Curlew. 



[1451.] Himantopus candidus. The Black-winged Stilt. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xv., p. 353 (Quetta : common in March) ; dim- 

 ming, op. cit. xvi., p. 694 (scarce in Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 946 

 (breeds in Kashmir). 



A rather rare visitor to Kohat from March till May (last seen on the 28th). 

 Major Magrath says that it is very common in Bannu in spring. 



[1460.] Totanus hypoleucus. The Common Sandpiper. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S, xv., p. 353 (Quetta : occurs in April, but is rare); 

 Fulton, op. cit. xvi., p. 62 (Chitral : one shot on May 30th) ; Ward, op. cit. 

 xvii., p. 946 (breeds in Kashmir). 



Occurs on passage in the spring and autumn, a few staying the winter. 



[1461.] Totanus glareola. The Wood-Sandpiper. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi., p. 62 (Chitral: one shot on the 6th of May), 

 dimming, t. c, p. 695 (common in Seistan in May) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., 

 p. 946 (Kashmir). 



Occurs in numbers on the spring migration in the irrigated fields round 

 Kohat. 



[1462.] Totanus ochropus. The Green Sandpiper. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xv., p. 353 (Quetta: common in winter; Fulton, 

 op. cit. xvi., p. 63 (common in spring; believed to breed in Chitral; 

 many found between 9,000 and 14,000 ft. in July) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., 

 p. 946 (Kashmir). 



Abundant on migration in April and May, and from the end of August 

 till November ; the majority leave about that time, but many stay the 

 winter in the plains, and a few non-breeding birds through the summer. 

 It passes up the Kurram Valley in spring in great force, but does not stay 

 to breed . 



[1463.] Totanus stagnatilis. The Marsh-Sandpiper. 



Not at all common, but a few individuals pass through every year be- 

 tween February and the middle of May, being generally found about the 

 irrigated parts of the grass-farm. 



[1464.] Totanus calidris. The Redshank. 



dimming, J. B. N. H. S. xvi., p. 695 (Seistan); Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 946, 

 and xviii.; p. 464 (fairly common in Kashmir in winter; breeds in Ladak). 



I have only met with one solitary example, and that was on the 17th of 

 March near Lachi. Major Magrath, however, has found the bird very com- 

 mon in Bannu in winter. 



[1466.] Totanus glottis. The Greenshank. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii., p. 946 (Kashmir). 

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