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A fairly common cold-weather visitor, arriving in October and leaving 

 towards the end of April. 



[1468.] Pavoxcella pugxax. The Ruff. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xv., p. 353 (Quetta: one shot in February); 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii, p. 946 (a winter visitor to Kashmir). 



Occurs in large flocks on the grass-farm and other suitable places from 

 the end of February till the middle of May (I shot a single bird on the 

 17th). 



[1471.] Tkinga mixuta. The Little Stint. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi., p. 63 (common in Chitral in April and May) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 946 Kashmir). 



Appears in small flocks towards the end of March, and is abundant about 

 irrigated fields and shallow tanks, in company with Sandpipers, till the 

 middle of May. Not met with in autumn. 



[1474.] Tbixga temmixcki. Temminck's Stint. 



Arrives and leaves about the same time as the little stint, but unlike that 

 species is almost always found singly. I have only once met with it in 

 autumn. 



[1482.] Scolopax E.TTSTICTJLA. The Woodcock. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 354 (Thall : a rare winter visitor) ; 

 Marshall, op. cit. xv., p. 354 (Quetta : winter visitor) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi., 

 p. 63 (resident in Lower Chitral, but scarce) ; Rattray, t. c, p. 663 (nests 

 freely in the Murree Hills above 8,500 ft.); Gumming, t. c, p. 695 (scarce 

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



A winter visitor from November till the middle of March, but not com- 

 mon : there are, however, several favoured spots in the district which can 

 usually be counted on to hold one bird or more. In the gardens of Kohat 

 itself some half-dozen are shot every winter. 



[1484.] Gallixago ccelestis. The Common Snipe. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H.. S. xii., p. 346 (Thall: common in March) ; Marshall, 

 op. cit. xv., p. 354 (Quetta: fairly common); Fulton, op. cit. xvi., p. 63 

 (Chitral: a few noticed in April); Cumming, t. c, p. 695 (Seistan: 

 abundant from September to April) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 947 (breeds in 

 Kashmir). 



Passes, through in varying numbers from the last week in January till 

 the middle of April. Few stay in Kohat, but in the Kurram Valley, where 

 there is plenty of good feeding-grounds, bags of fifty and sixty couples of 

 this and the next species are often made in a few hours. On the return 

 passage in autumn comparatively few halt. 



[1487.] Gallixago gallinula. The Jack Snipe. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 347 (Thall) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv., p. 354 

 (Quetta : occasionally met with) ; Cumming, op. cit. xvi., p. 695 (Seistan : 

 said to be fairly common) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 947 (Kashmir). 



