124 Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead 07i the 



being rather a skulker, as it is usually found hopping and 

 creeping about in the undergrowth. Its loud call-note of 

 " tack " often indicates its whereabouts. 



[411.] Phylloscopus neglectus. The Plain Brown 

 Willow-Warbler. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xviii. p. 461 (eggs taken and parents 

 secured at K argil in May and June). 



706. ? ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 18th March. 



This species is so difficult to distinguish from P. tristis 

 until actually examined in the hand, that it is impossible to 

 say Avhether it is fairh^ common or merely a straggler. The 

 above-mentioned example was the only one secured. It was 

 busily fly-catching in a willow just like P. tristis. 



[415.] Phylloscopus proregulus. Pallas's Willow- 

 Warbler. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 424 (nests freely in the 

 Galis) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 112 (common in Kashmir). 



664. ? ad. Marai, aOOO ft., 9th March. 



m7. ? ad. Kachai, 2700 ft., 10th March. 



Not common. I have met with it in spring at the foot 

 of the hills and in summer on the Safed Koh at 8500 feet. 

 Its song is very characteristic. 



[416.] Phylloscopus subviridis. Brooks's Willow- 

 Warl)ler. 



Kohat, 1760 ft., 5th February. 

 „ „ 10th February. 



Samana, 6500 ft., 12th April. 



Safed Koh, 8800 ft., 13th July. 

 Fairly common in the District from October to April. 

 Generally found solitary or in pairs in scrub and wild olive- 

 groves, more rarely in orchards and gardens. Occurs on 

 the Samana in large numbers on migration. Nests freely on 

 the lower slopes of the Safed Koh from 7000 to 9000 feet. 

 A nest found on the 13th of July, 1906, was evidently an 

 old structure re-lined, and was placed in the bank of a nullah 

 under cover of a small bush. It was of the usual Willow- 

 Warbler type and contained four fresh eggs (this was the 



