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with an asterisk are not recorded by Capt. Fulton, who recorded none 



of which he did not make a skin. 



Family— CORVIDiE. 



(4) Corvus macrorhynchus — (The Jdngle Cbow.) 



Common all the year round near Drosh. There was a pied one generally 

 about the Fort ; some breed close, some appear to go higher. 



* (5) Corvus frugihgufi. — (The Rook,") 



Arrived in flocks on Lower Drosh farm about mid-March and went off at 

 the end of April. 



(9) Cortus m.oneduIa—{TnE Jackdaw.) 



Small parties arrived and departed with the rooks. I have no doubt that 

 more careful observation (or perhaps more shooting) would add to the list 

 of " crows. " 



(10) Pica rustica — (The Magpie.) 



Fairly common in December as low down in the main valley as Ghaira 

 under 4.500 feet. Saw numbers courting in the Mastuj valley in May. 

 (24) Garrulus /awccoZa^ws— (The Black-throated Jay.) 

 Very common all the year round; down to 4,000 feet in winter. Chi trails 

 often hawk it with a sparrow-hawk, with little success as a rule ; it is hard to 

 drive out of cover. 

 (28) Kuc'-fraga muUipunctata—(TBE Larger Spotted Nut-ckacker.) 

 No skin obtained; one was sent in to me from Utzen about 7,500 feet, the 

 condition allowed easy identification, but the skin was a bad failure. I saw 

 two in June in the Drosh nullah at about the same height. Fulton records it 

 from Pattison. 



* (2y) Graculus eremita— {The Red-billed Chough.) 



Common along the main valley at about 5,000 feet from November till. 

 March. I saw them at no other time. 

 (HO) Pyrrhocorax alpinus — (The Yellow-billed Chough.) 

 Like the last but coming down lower and staying later. Villagers at Ayon 

 offered to take me to a nesting place, stating that it was a good way off and up, 

 and that the nests were nearly inaccessible. Nearly inaccessible for a Chitrah 

 means a great deal and anyhow I could not go just then. One of my skins had 

 black legs with yellow not red, showing through the joints, not sexed. 



Subfamily— PARING. 



The Tits are very fairly represented, but I think the list can be added to. 

 The first time I tried the *' Sanatoiium " above Drosh, about 6,000 ft., I saw lots 

 of Red-headed Tits (or a near relation), it was early in December ; having 

 got enough to keep us busy I left them till later. I did not see them again 

 though I tried for them several times. I do like watching a hunting party of 

 tits on their rounds, at least two or three sorts in goodly numbers accom- 

 panied by Goldcrests, Tree-creepers, Nuthatches, and a few Woodpeckers. 



