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NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF CHITRAL. 



{October 1902 to October 1903.) 

 BY 



Capt. G. a. Pkrreau, F.Z.S. (4th Gurkhas). 



it is not necessary for me to go into details about the country, as 

 Capt. H. Fulton has already done that in his notes, see Vol. XVI, p. 

 44, of this Journal. My area was small, being practically only the 

 ground about Drosh, the main valley between Nagar and Ghitral, and 

 the valley between Nagar and Ziarat. I certainly had one productive 

 but rapid trip up the Mastuj Valley, nearly as far as the Shandur Lake, 

 but most of my birds were got at under 7,000 ft. I commenced oper- 

 ations soon after arrival, earlier, I fancy, than Capt. Fulton did: but, 

 on the other hand circumstances prevented me from doing as much as 

 I should have liked after August. My best thanks are due to Capt. 

 Fulton for allowing me to copy his rough notes before he left Chitral : 

 they were most useful. 



I follow the numbers and nomenclature in " The Fauna ot 

 British India — Birds". Except where otherwise mentioned identi- 

 fication was made from skins. Those which come under Vol. II, 

 (with a few at the end of Vol. I, put in to fill up a box), slightly under 

 two hundred, were sent to the Society. The remainder were retained 

 by me for the purpose of substituting proper labels for my rough 

 ones, which were of no use without my notes. These skins (over 

 2.50) were destroyed by mice, a warning to send otF things quickly. 

 However the only doubtful ones were amongst the lot sent. My best 

 thanks are due to Mr. E. Comber for checking them at the British 

 Museum (Natural History), and to Mr. N. B. Kinnear for kindl}" 

 clearing up some doubtful points by looking up si)ecimens in the 

 Society's collection. 



I am sure Capt. Fulton will not mind my quoting his records in 

 cases where I have not observed the bird myself. It makes it much 

 easier for future observers to have all records together. In spite of 

 Mr. Comber's opinion, I think that the list from Chitral is still very 

 incomplete. See also Vol. XVI., p. 744 and Vol. XVHI., p. ISC 

 for additions to Capt. Fulton's above-mentioned notes. Species marked 



