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in the Kurram Valley, where there is plenty of good feeding- 
ground, 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.] Gallinago gallinula. The Jack Snipe. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 347 (Thall); Marshall, op. cit. 
xv. p. 354 (Quetta: occasionally met with) ; Camming, op. 
cit. xvi. p. 695 (Seistan: said to be fairly common) ; Ward, 
op. cit. xvii. p. 947 (Kashmir). 
The same may be said of this bird as of the last, but it is 
not quite so common. 
[1488.] Rostratula capensis. The Painted Snipe. 
Rattray, J, B. N. H. 3. xii. p. 347 (Thall in March); 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 947 (a resident in the Kashmir Valley). 
Rare in Kohat. Capt. Keen shot a specimen in April 1904, 
while Mr. Donald and Major Venour shot several early in 
July 1907 and saw others. In the Kurram Valley it is a 
permanent resident, but is not common. 
[1498.] Hydrqprogne caspia. The Caspian Tern. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 347 (Thall) ; Camming, 
op. cit. xvi. p. 696 (common in Seistan). 
Colonel Rattray saw a party of seven near Thall on the 
22nd of May and shot one. Capt. Keen and Mr. Boyle 
observed a large solitary Tern on the Toi near Hangu 
between the 20th and 26th of March, 1906, and from their 
description it must, I think, have belonged to this species. 
[Major Magrath has also met with Larus ridihundus and 
L. cachinnans in Bannu, and as they both occur in Kashmir, 
they probably also do so in the Kurram Valley.] 
[1499.] Sterna anglica. The Gull-billed Tern. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 347 (Thall: common in 
March); Gumming, op. cit. xvi. p. 696 (Seistan : common). 
Small flocks pass through Kohat from the beginning of 
April till May (last seen on the 5th), and are then usually to 
be met with about the grass-farm or feeding in irrigated 
fields. 
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