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(558) Hemichelidon sibirica. — The Sooty Flycatcher. 

 Only a single specimen, a male, was obtained at Drosh on 7th May. 



Family Muscicapidve. 

 (561) Siphia parva. — The European Red-breasted Flycatcher. 

 Common in the orchards of Lower Chitral during the winter and as 

 late as the middle of April. It is quite possible that it is resident. 

 (589) Alseonax ruficaudus. — The Rufus-tailed Flycatcher. 

 Two specimens only were obtained, both males, at 4,000 and 7,000 

 feet in April. 



(598) Terpsiphone paradisi. — The Indian Paradise Flycatcher. 

 A summer visitor, arriving in the beginning of May and leaving in 

 August. Not numerous, and only ascending the valley as far as Drosh. 

 None noted above 5,000 feet. 



Family Turdidce. 

 (610) Pratincola maura. — The Indian Bush-Chat. 

 A resident. I obtained specimens among the scrub on the banks of 

 the streams at 6,000 feet in the Bimboret nallah in February. I did 

 not see them again till September, when large numbers arrived at 

 Drosh, evidently migrating south. I believe they breed in the country. 

 (620) Saxicola opistholeuca. — Strickland's Chat. 

 The commonest bird in the higher valleys in summer up to elevations 

 of 10,000 feet and in the lower valleys in winter. There were numerous 

 young birds as low as 6,000 feet in June and July. 



(619) Saxicola capistrata. — The White-headed Chat. 

 I obtained specimens at elevations of 7,000 to 11,000 during May, 

 June and July. In May I found a nest at 7,500 at the foot of a small 

 shrub. 



(630) Henicurus maculatus. — The Western Spotted Forktail. 

 Not numerous. Present in winter at 4,500 to 6,000 feet in the wooded 

 side valleys of Lower Chitral. I saw none in the summer, but they are 

 probably present. I found them in the Pattison and Bimboret nallahs. 

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

 I obtained only 5 specimens — two males near Shost, 11,000 feet, in 

 July, and one male and two females at Baradam, 8,000 feet, in August. 

 (637) Miorocichla scouleri. — The Little Forktail. 

 Very common during the winter at elevations of 4,000 feet, among 

 the scrub at the bottom of the valley between Drosh and Chitral. 



