104 Lieut. C. H. T. Wliiteliead on the 



The birds, however, staying on through March appear to 

 be almost all young which have not entirely shed the face- 

 feathers and nasal bristles. Gates, in the ' Fauna of India/ 

 writes : " About January or Avhen the young bird is about 

 nine months old the nasal bristles are cast, and by March 

 the front part of the head has become entirely denuded of 

 feathers." Here, neither are entirely lost till April. The 

 above-mentioned examples represent the ordinary type found 

 here in March. 



[6.] CoRvus sHARPii. Sharpe's Hooded Crow. 



Corvus sharpli Gates, F. B. I., Birds, i. p. 20; Gumming, 

 J, B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 68G (common in Tamarisk -jungle of 

 Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 109 (a rare visitor to 

 Kashmir). 



We have not observed the Hoodie in Kohat, but Mr, 

 Donald, the Political Gfficer, tells me that he has met with 

 one or two almost every year, generally about the grass- 

 farm. This Crow is a common winter visitor to the 

 Peshawar and Bannu Districts, which are better suited to 

 its habits. From the latter Major Magrath has sent a 

 typical specimen of the race Corvus comix sharpii to the 

 British Museum. 



[7.] CoRVUs SPLENDENS. Thc Housc-Crow. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 337 (not common at Thall); 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 109 (common in the low country). 



A resident and extremely common in summer. In mild 

 winters numbers remain, but in severe w^eather it almost 

 entirely disappears, C. macro-hynchus taking its place as the 

 common cook-house scavenger. 



[9.] CoRvus MONEDULA. The Jackdaw. 



Battray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 387 (rare in Thall) ; Ward, 

 op. cit. xvii. p. 109. 



A rather rare winter visitor from December till March, 

 occurring with large flocks of Books. Major Magrath 

 noted immense flocks coming into the station on five 

 consecutive evenings, just before the cold wave in January 



