D6 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Family— ORTOLIDiE. 



(518) Oriclns I.und"o—{TaE Indian Oriole.) 



Very common summer visitor, arriving beginning of May up to about 5,00l> 

 feet, or perhaps higher as I met it at Keshan, 



Family— STURNID^. 

 *(528) Pastor rose<i^—{THK Rosf.-colodred Starling.) 

 No skin.— It was abundant round Chitral Fort in January. 

 *(53 ) Siurnus f>orphprvnoiun—(THv. Ci ntral-Apian Starling.) 

 The only skins I took were in Jinjoiet nullah about 7,500 feet in November. 

 I have down a remark " common at abouc 4,5(i() feet from November to April " 

 aTid a similar remark against the next mentioned species, of which 1 only took 

 skins in March at Kesun about 4,f dO feet. It is quite i-robable that tiis remark 

 should apply only to tlie latter— .•%. menzbUri, The buds are •ndistiriguisliable 

 except in the I and. a starling was undoubtedly common in those months. It 

 was probably vimzbieri as Fulton makes a similar remark about that bird and 

 my prophyroiiotui^ were got higher up. On Ihe other hand bolh FuHon'ssUns 

 were takea in February, so both sp. cies may have been present low down in 

 winter. On going over my rough field note -book, T note a Central- Asian 

 Starling killed on '2nd April at Drosh. 

 (5B2) Stiirnus menzbv ri— {Thf Common Indian Starling.) 

 833 above. It is more than likely that other similar slaihngs were present 

 but remained unnoticed by either of us. 



(r)42) Agropsur dvrnhim.- (The Daukian Myna.) 



Not met with by me. Fulton got one crck out of a flock of some 17 birds 

 on 16th July at the head of the Tuvikho Valley at ll.ii" (1 feet. 

 (544) '/'emenuc/tvs pagod rum — (The Black-headf.d Myna.) 

 Very common summer visitor, arriving end of April up to 6A'0(> feet. 

 (549) Acriiotherestristis — (The Common IMyna.) 

 Present all the year from 4.00(i feet. Did not meet it higher than 6,000 feet. 



Family— MUSCICAPIO^. 



*(557) Musricapa grisola. — (The Spotted Flycatcher.) 

 Fairly common at 7,000 feet in summer, not noticed in winter. They 

 were breeding in June at Baradam 7 fOO feet. 

 (558) 1 1 emicheUdon sibirica — ('J he Sooty Flyca'ICHFr) 

 Procured at 7.o()0 feet at Baradam, where it was breeding in June. 

 (561) Sypfiia 2yuria~(TnE European Red-ureasted Flycatcher.) 

 First seen 14th April when some half-dozen pairs were seen in Lower Drosh. 

 A few were generally to be seen for about a month after. One pair, the only 

 ones I saw during the summer, bred in the Upper Diosh gaiden. Fulton 

 remarks that it is common in the orchards of Lcwer Chitial duiirg the winter 

 and as late as mid-April, and that possibly it is a resident. Probably local 

 migration will explain this. 



