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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.] Tringa minuta. 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 com¬ 
pany with Sandpipers, till the middle of May. Not met with 
in autumn. 
[1474.] Tringa temmincki. 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, on the 26th of 
October. 
[1482.] Scolopax rusticula. The Woodcock. 
Battray, 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) ; Battray, t. c. p. 663 (nests freely in the 
Murree Hills above 8500 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 common : 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.] Gallinago ccelestis. The Common Snipe. 
Battray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 316 (Thall : common in 
March) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 354 (Quetta : fairly com¬ 
mon) ; 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 
