110 Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 



common, too, in the Miranzai Valley in winter, wherever 

 there is plenty of scrub-jungle. Not observed in the 

 Kurram Valley. 



[139.] Pyctorhis sinensis. The Yellow-eyed Babbler. 



Major Magrath has met with parties of this Babbler in the 

 sugar-cane fields and reed-beds of Bannu. An example shot 

 by him is now in the National Collection. 



[187.] MiTioPHONEUS TEMMiNCKi. The Himalayan 

 Whistling-Thrush. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 338 (common in Avinter : 

 Thall) ; Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 602 (Quetta : 7000 ft. in 

 May) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 47 (common in Lower 

 Chitral) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 422 (common in Murree Hills) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 110. 



A fairly common winter visitor from mid- September till 

 mid-April, rather rare round Kohat, but common in the 

 Miranzai and Samilzai Valleys and on the Samana. A 

 resident in the Kurram Valley, nesting between 6000 and 

 8000 feet. Usually found about cliffs and grvjves near water, 

 but sometimes in very dry shadeless spots some distance 

 from water. 



[191.] Lakvivoka BiiuNNEA. The Indian Bluc- Chat. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 423 (common at Murree) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 110 (nests in Kashmir up to 8000 ft.). 



Occurs in summer along the lower slopes of the Sated 

 Koh between 6500 and 8000 ft., but is not common except 

 in one or two secluded glens. Very shy, has a rich but 

 quite short song. 



[226.] ZosTEROPS PALPEBROSA. The Indian White-eye. 



774. c? ad. Kachai, 2700 ft., 1st April. 



A cold-weather visitor to the District, the first parties 

 arriving in August, but it does not become common till 

 October, and leaves toward the middle of April. Possibly a 

 resident on the Samana: a party of eight or nine stayed 

 there during the winter of 1906-07, in spite of frequent 



