181/.] Notes on the Ornithology of Candahar. 789 



firm and wiry towards their base. The lower third of the lateral neck- 

 tufts are white, and of similar texture in both ; but the front of the 

 neck, below the dull white throat, of the Hansi specimen is uniform 

 pale buff, minutely freckled with black, and at its base are some 

 lengthened plumes of a pale ash-colour impending the breast. Unfor- 

 tunately, I had not the opportunity of comparing the two together, 

 nor either of them with an Afghanistan specimen which is now like- 

 wise forwarded on loan by Capt. Hutton : but this third specimen 

 appears to be intermediate to the other two, agreeing more with the 

 description of the Hansi bird, but having a slight crest, or apparently 

 the remains of a crest in process of being shed, confined to the fore- 

 head only ; and there are but few traces of white upon the black or 

 upper tuft of lateral neck plumes. I am, accordingly, more than ever 

 inclined to regard the crest as a distinctive characteristic of the breed- 

 ing season only, when it would probably be more developed in the 

 male sex than in the female. 



According to the writer in the ' Sporting Magazine,' the Hurriana 

 Floriken " frequents the same country as the Bustard [Eu. Edwardit], 

 or dry sandy plains where there is a little grass, and it is also found in 

 wheat and grain fields. The native name for it is Tilaor. Its flesh 

 is exceedingly tender, and is so covered with fat, that the skins are 

 with difficulty dried and preserved." Capt. Boys, during the many 

 years that he had collected in the Upper Provinces, never obtained 

 more than the one specimen noticed ; but in Scinde it is tolerably 

 numerous. 



7b. [Lobivanellus] goensis, (Gm.) Near Quetta. 



76. [L. (?) leacarus, (Licht.) Procured by Burnes at Cabul. 

 Termed "Chizee."] 



77. Vanellus cri&tatus, Meyer. [Termed " Alutye" or " Meck/i- 

 cao" at Cabul.] 



78. [Iliatiada philippensis, (Gm.) ; Charadrias minor, Meyer. 

 Procured at Cabul by Burnes ; and designated " Tillah Chusmuck."] 



79. [Hcematopus ostralegus,!*. " Teitah-wuck" of Cabul. Also pro- 

 cured by Sir A. Burnes."] 



80. [Philomachus pugnax, (L.)] Common all the year. 



81. [Tringa subarquata, (Gm.) A nameless figure, from Cabul, 

 among the ' Burnes drawings,' appears to refer to this species ; but it 



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