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Family— ALAUDID^. 



(855) Otocorys pmicillata — (Gould's Horned Laek.) 



There were two flocks of about a dozen each near Ghairat about 5,000 feet 

 in the early part of March. I saw a few near Laspar, pretty close to the 

 Shandur Lake in May. Fulton saw them at 13,000 feet at the head of the 

 Turikbo in July. 



(859) Melanocorypha bimaculata — (The Eastern Callandea Lark.) 

 Large flocks passed up the main valley during early March. 



(860) Alauda arvensis — (The Sky-Lark.) 



Some present in the winter low down, very common in March, some present 



in April after which they disappeared, probably going higher. Fulton obtained 



fully fledged young at 1 1 ,0^0 feet at the end of June. 

 (862) Calandrella brachydactila — (The Short-toed Lark.) 

 Very common in small flocks in April as they passed through Drosh. 



Fulton notes their return southward, passing through Drosh in largo numbers 



in first week of October. 

 (864) Cahmdrella tihetana — (Brooks's Short-toed Lark.) 

 Not observed by me. Fulton records two from Sonoghar (8,000 feet) in May. 

 * (865) Cdlandrella acM<?Vosin's— (Hume's Short-toed Lark.) 

 Two obtained at Orgutz on I'^th May, indistinguishable at sight from 



brachydactyla. Seen in small flocks. 



*(874) G'llerita cristata — (The Crested Lark.) 



A not common summer visitor, arriving in mid-April, remaining to breed, 



not seen much above 4,200 feet. 



Family— PICID^, 



(946) Gecinus squamatus — (The West-Himalayan Scaly-bellied Green 



Woodpecker.) 

 Common throughout the year from 4 OdQ feet up. 

 (961) D&ndrocopus himalayensis—(TLHK Western Himalayan Pied 



Woodpecker.) 



Common throughout the year from about 5,000 feet up. 



(969) Deti'irocopus auriceps— (The Urown-fronted Pied Woodpecker.) 



Not observed by me. Fulton records it as common from 4,000 to 11,000 feet. 



(1003) lynx torquilU—{THV^ Common Wryneck.) 



Only one specimen obtained at Drosh on 2nd May at about 4,300 feet. 



Family— CO KACIAD>S:. 



(1024) Coracian garrula— (The Edropean Roller.) 



Arrive the begmning of May, most pass on northward after a short stay, but 

 a fair number breed in the country. They seem far more secretive about their 

 nests than the Inc'ian Koller. It was not till they had young (in mid-July) 

 that we discovered a nest in a tree in the cliff over hanging the river by Lower 

 Drosh, and then only by a fluke. 



