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Family Sittidce. 

 (320) Sitta kashmirensis.— Brook's Nuthatch. 

 Very common in the deodar forests on the dividing ranges between 

 Dir and Chitral, and Chitral and Kafiristan, at elevations up tc 

 11,000 feet. It is found as low as 6,000 feet in the winter. At that 

 season they are most common on the walnut trees. 



(323) Sitta lbuoopsis.— The White-cheeked Nuthatch. 

 This nuthatch is very common in the deodar forests at elevations of 

 7,000 feet in winter to 12,000 feet in summer. 



Family Dicruridce. 

 (327) Dicrurus ater. — The Black Drongo. 

 A summer visitor, arriving in the middle of April. Common in the 

 lower valleys at low ranges, 5,500 feet being the highest altitude up to 

 which any were observed. None were seen above Chitral. 



Family Certhiidce. 

 (341) Certhia himalayana. — The Himalayan Tree-Creeper. 

 A single specimen $ was obtained in August at 8,000 feet. 

 (348) Tichodroma muraria. — The Wall-creeper. 

 Common between October and April at 4,000 to 6,000 feet. They 

 do not appear to breed in Chitral, as I saw none from April to Sep- 

 tember in any of the valleys, nor on the ridges up to 17,000 feet. 

 Neither did I see any in Yasin in July. 



(A few were seen in the Dir Valley in October.) 



Family Sylviidce. 



(401) Sylvia althcea. — Hume's Lesser White-throated Warbler. 

 Three specimens were obtained in May at elevations of 5,000 to 

 7,000 feet. 



(418) Phylloscopus humii. — Hume's Willow- Warbler. 

 Only two specimens were obtained — a male in April at 10,000 feet, 

 and female in September at 6,000 feet. 



Family Laniidce. 

 (473) Lanius vittatus. — The Bay-backed Shrike. 

 Very common. A summer visitor, arriving in the beginning of May, 

 ant] leaving towards the end of September. It frequents the lower 

 valleys up to 6,000 feet. 



