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ducks. I shall be glad if you would let me know what the specimen is. If it 

 is any use to the Society I shall be glad to present it. 



L. C. GLASCOCK, 



Supt. of Police. 

 The Fort, Phillaur, Punjab, 



18th February, 1908. 

 [The specimen, which has been identified by Mr. Kinnear, is a skin of a fine male Crested 

 or Falcated Teal (Eunetta falcata), an occasional winter visitor to Northern India. Most of 

 the examples have been obtained in the North-East of India but several have also been 

 shot west of Lucknow, as far as the Nara Valley, Sind, where one was procured in June 

 1901 and was recorded in our Journal, Vol. XIV, p. 149. — Eds.] 



No. XX— NOTES ON BIEDS FOUND AT BANNU, N.-W.F. P. 



The following short notes on rare avine visitors to this part of the N. W. F. 

 P. may be of interest. The occurrence in Bannu of the Waxwing (* Ampelis 

 garrulus) and the Dusky Thrush (j Merula fuscata) has already been recorded in 

 the notes to Vol. XVII, No. 4, and No. 1 of the present Volume of this Journal. 



(397)— The Desert Tree-Warbler (* Hypolais obsoleta)— fi , adult, 8th 

 September. 



The above example was one of a flock of 4 or 5, apparently of the same 

 species, seen on the grass-farm. At the time, the autumn migration was at its 

 height and there was a great rush of the smaller passerines through the district 

 " The Desert Tree Warbler" is a rare species and the skin of this example, 

 which now lies in the British Museum, makes only the 5th, all told, and the 1st 

 from India, that collection contains. 



(592) — The Grey-headed Flycatcher (^Oulicicajxi ceylonensis) — 9, adult, 

 27th October. 



This bird has not, I believe, hitherto been recorded so far to the West of the 

 Empire. The above example was shot in the public gardens, others were seen 

 in the same place on the 12th January and 2nd February ; on both occasions 

 after heavy rain. This beautiful little Flycatcher has the typical habits of its 

 family and returns most persistently to the same perch. The note is a " twit" 



" twit." 



(642) Eversmann's Redstart (Ruticilla erythronota)— $ , adult, 19th 



January. 



Although not uncommon in cold winters in the adjoining district of Kohat 

 " Eversmann's Redstart " is a rare bird in Bannu and the above example is the 

 only one I have met with here. It was in perfect winter plumage. 



(716) The Black-throated Accentor (Tharrhaleus atrigularis) — $, adult, 



12th January. 



This bird is also rare in Bannu. The bird shot was one of three seen perching 

 on the topmost branches of a bare mulberry tree. 



(792) The Pine-Bunting (Emberiza leueocephala) — $, $, adult, 27th 



December. 



* Skin identified at the British Museum. 



