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Sub-Order Upupce. Family Upupidce. 

 (1066) Upupa epops. — The European Hoopoe. 

 Not a winter resident. Arrives at the end of March from the south. 

 I noted a pair at the head of the Turikho Valley in July at 14,000 feet. 

 They are fairly numerous at lower ranges. Breeds in the country. 

 ORDER VI.— MACROCHIRES. 

 Sub-Order Cypseli. Family CypselidcB. 

 (1068) Cypselus melba. — The Alpine Swift. 

 Common in summer at elevations of 5,000 to 16,000 feet. Arrives at 

 the beginning of April and leaves in September. Breeds in the 

 country. 



(1069) Cypselus apus. — The European Swift. 

 Arrives in the beginning of April and leaves in September. Very 

 common at elevations of 5,000 to 8,000 feet, and less common up to 



14,000 feet. 



ORDER VII.— TROGONES. 



ORDER VIII.— COCCYGES. 



Family Cuculidai. 



(1104) Cuculus canorus. — The Cuckoo. 



Arrives during the end of March, and is fairly common in summer 



at low elevations. I also saw and heard them in the birch jungle at the 



head of the Turikho in July at 12,000 feet. 



ORDER IX.— PSITTACI. 



Family Psittacidce. 



(1141) PalvEornis schisticbps. — The Slaty-headed Paroquet. 



A summer visitor. The earliest noted arrivals were a flight of some 



30 birds on 25th March flying strongly up the valley at a high 



elevation. They flew straight into a snow-storm, and evidently disliking 



the temperature wheeled about and flew down the valley at a good pace. 



I saw none above 7,000 feet. 



ORDER X.-STRIGES. 



Family Asionidae. 



(1159) Syrnium biddulphi. — Scully's Wood-Owl. 



This owl frequents the wooded valleys of Lower Chitral an J is not very 



common. Its single hoot can be heard frequently at elevations up to 



8,000 feet. As I obtained an egg from a female on 23rd March, it would 



appear that it breeds during March and April. 



