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Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
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] Lopiiophorus 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 9000 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. 
Battray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 345 (Tliall: 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 Battray 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.] Coturnjx coramandelica. The Bain Quail. 
Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 944. (A rare visitor: has 
been known to nest in Kashmir.) 
Two or three examples are yearly shot in Kohat about 
May; the bird probably nests in the District. 
