NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF CHITRAL. 909 



i,e., that he did not see them feediny. They only feed in the morning (fairly 



early), about mid-day, and then again in the evening, retiring to adjoining scrub 



for siesta between whiles. Of coui'se this only applies to my experiences, i. e. 



between November and March. About 3 p.m. one day I marked one going 



into a small bush on a bare cliff overhanging the main branch of a stream near 



hei-e. To the best of my belief he did not move till 6 p. m., when he came 



down to feed. I am sure my presence had nothing to do with his stopping 



there. I was some way off on the other side of the stream bed (fairly wide 



just there), trying to trap White-capped Redstarts on the other minor bifurcation 



of the stream, which was not his hunting ground at all. Several times after, a 



stone thrown into that bush from above at non-feeding times found him at 



home. The one specimen caught at last did not survive long, not enough 



individual attention at fii-st I fear. His larger relative, though I did not succeed 



in even getting him on boardship, did very well in my aviaries ; this bird is also 



given to siestas, but they are shorter, 



(638) Chimarrhornis leucocephalus— (The White-capped Redstart.) 

 Fairly common in winter along streams down to 4,000 feet, going up higher in 



April. Seen in June about 6,500 feet. Fulton states that it is common in summer 

 by streams from 7,000 to 12,000 feet. Like other stream-hunting birds it seems 

 ' to divide off the stream into stretches. Each bird (or pair) sticks to it's own 

 stretch, fighting off intruders. 



(639) Euticilla frontalis— (The Blue-fronted Redstart.) 



No specimen obtained, but an unidentified Redstart twice noted near Drosh 

 in February, belonged I am nearly sure to this species, which I afterwards 

 got to know well, as an occasional winter visitor to my station. 



(642) Ruticilla erythronota — (Eversmann's Redstart.) 



Very common down to 4,000 on the waste stretches bushed parts in winter 

 from November to February. Not seen after middle of March. 



(644) Ruticilla rufiventrls — (The Indian Redstart.) 



First seen in mid-April about 4,500 feet round Chitral Fort where it was fairly 

 common and remained so for a short time. It was common up the Mastuj 

 Valley in May. Not seen again till September when it was fairly common 

 round Drosh. 

 (644 a). Ruticilla phoenicura. — (The European Redstart,') 

 This is the first authentic specimen of this Redstart that has been recorded 

 from Bntish India, according to Mr. Comber. I only met with it ,at Buni up 

 the Mastuj Valley, where it was common on both my visits in the middle 

 of May. I only took three skins. 



(645) Ruticilla erythrogaster — (GoldenstaDt*s Redstart.) 



Only seen (bar one pair) in March and April, when it was common on the 

 river and sido streams about 4,500 feet. One pair hung about Lower Drosh till 

 the end of June, giving us vain hopes of finding the nest. A pair (I fancy the 

 same) were frequenting the same place in September. This attractive and 

 conspicuous Redstart has, as Oates remarks, much the same habits as the 



