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round Drosh Fort all the year. I saw it at Madaglasht and in all 

 the lower valleys, but not up the river above Chitral. 



(9) Corvus monedula. — The Jackdaw. 



A pair of these were obtained at Drosh — a male in February and a 

 female in May. Another pair were seen in June ; no other birds were 

 noted. Possibly there are more further south in the wooded valleys 

 and in Kafiristan. 



(10) Pica rustica. — The Magpie. 



Very common on cultivated land in the upper valleys of Chitral. 

 In December I saw one in Aiyon village (4,500 feet), and in June and 

 July at Khot (10,000 feet), Madaglasht (14,000 feet), Dizg (8,000 feet). 

 (24) Garrulus lanceolatus. — The Black-throated Jay. 



Very common all the year throughout the wooded valleys of Lowei 

 Chitral from 5,000 feet to 10,000 feet. 



(28) Nucifraga multipunctata. — The Larger-spotted Nutcracker. 



I obtained only one specimen (female) in the Pattison Valley, 7,000 feet, 

 and no others were seen. This bird is probably common in Kafiristan. 

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



Very common. In winter they come down as low as 5,000 feet, and 

 in summer their highest elevation is 16,000 feet. I noticed none below 

 Drosh and none north of the head of the Turikho Valley-Shost Line, and 

 none on the east side of the valley, nor in Yasin. 



The feet are red (Blanford) usually, but in two specimens, both female, 

 the feet were almost as black as the feathers. 



(31) Parus atriceps. — The Indian Gray Tit. 



These birds are very common in the wooded valleys of Lower Chitral 

 and also in the orchards of the upper valleys as far north as Sanoghar. 

 In summer they are found at elevations of 12,000 feet. I noted two 

 nests, both in holes in walnut trees ; one at Maroi, 25th June and one 

 at Reshan, 26th June. In both cases the young were well fledged. 



They were very common in the Bimboret Valley in March and April. 

 (37) iEGiTHALiscus leucogenys. — The White-cheeked Tit. 



Present throughout the year in the wooded valleys of Lower Chitral. 

 They are very numerous and were found on the same date at 6,000 and 

 12,000 feet. (April.) 



(44) Lophophanes melanolophus. — The Crested Black Tit. 



Very common from 5,000 to 12,000 foot in the wooded valleys. 



