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The krait an hour after capture became sick, and vomited half a dozen 

 newly born rats. 



W. B. BANNERMAN, Lt.-Uol., I. M.S. 

 Plaooe Rfsearch Laboratory, Farel, 

 Bombay, 27th June 19U5. 



No. VIII.— ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF CHITRAL. 



Referring to my notes on the birds of Chitral which appeared in No. 1 of 

 this Volume, p. 44-64, I have now to make the following corrections and 

 additions : — 



For (Glfl) Pratincola maura, the Indian Bush-chat, read (608) Pratincola 

 capata, the Common Pied Bush-Chat. 



Add (610) Pratincola maura, the Indian Bush-Chafe. 



I obtained one male only of this species in the Golan Valley in May at 6,000 

 feet. 



Add (638) Ckimarrhornis leucocephalus , the White-capped Red-start. 



Common in summer from elevations of 7,000 feet to 12,000 feet along the 

 banks of streams and rivers. 



Add (716) Tharrhileusatrigularis, the Black-throated Accentor. 



Only two specimens were obtained in the Bimboret Nallah at 7,000 feet on 

 27th March. 



Add (757) Propasser grandis, the Red-mantled Rose-Finch. 



Fairly common on the wooded ridges from 7,000 feet to 9,000 feet during 

 the end of April and the beginning of May. 



Add (8C0) Emberiza luteola, the Red-headed Bunting. 



Arrives on its northward migration towards the end of March. 



H. T.FULTON, Capt. 



Fategarh, July 1905. 



No. IX— NOTE ON A CURIOCSLY MALFORMED HEAD OF 

 HIMALAYAN IBEX (LA PR A SlBIUICA). 



{With an Illustration.) 



The h^ad was found by one of my assistants, Mr. Waller Senior, in the 

 bottom of a nullah in Lahaul, about 1892. The animal had evidently died 

 on the higher ground and its body had been brought down among a lot of 

 aval inche debris. On examining it will be seen that the abnorma 1 growth of 

 t\i right horn has absolutely closed the jaws. Q he jaw bone has got fractured 

 a 1 ; the back, b t when first brought in, the teeth were absolutely tightly closed. 

 The young animal must have had a hit on the horn which started the crooked 

 growth and as it grew, it gradually closed the jaws, till fii ally the beast died 

 of starvation. W hat is so remarkable is that the creature livtd till the jaws 

 were close shut. The growth of such a horn mu=>t be a slow one so that for 



