130 Lieut. C. H. T. AYhiteliead on the 



109. ? ad. Koliat, 1700 ft., 8tli February. 

 A fairly common Avinter visitor from October to April. 

 I shot an example in the Kurram Valley at 6500 feet on 

 the 2nd of May j possibly a few pairs nest up there. 



[495.] Pericrocotus brevjrostris. The Short-billed 

 Minivet. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 49 (Chitral : summer 

 visitor, nesting commonly from 7000 to 9000 £t.) ; Rattray, 

 t. c. p. 4.26 (nests freely in Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. 

 xvii. p. 479 (breeds in Kashmir). 



A common winter visitor to the District from the end o£ 

 September to April. Nests freely on the Safed Koh 

 between 6000 and 8000 feet. Captain Keen observed a few 

 on the Samana all through the summer, and believes that 

 they nested there. An example collected by Major Magrath 

 in Bannu, and now in the National Collection, is typical. 



[500.] Pericrocotus peregrixus. The Small Minivet. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 479. 



Very rare. I came across a pair in some camel-thorn- 

 scrub {Acacia modesta), three miles west of !Makhud on the 

 Indus, but unfortunately failed to secure them. It is a 

 bird I know well, however, having frequently met with it 

 near Rawal Pindi (100 miles east), and I have also shot it 

 there. 



[518.] Oriolus kundoo. The Indian Oriole. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 338 (common on migra- 

 tion) ; Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 602 (a summer visitor to 

 Quetta) ; Watson, op. cit. xv. p. 145 (Quetta : common in 

 gardens, mostly immature) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 49 (very 

 common in summer in Chitral up to 8000 ft.) ; Rattray, 

 t. c. p. 426 (common near Murree at 5500 ft.) ; Ward, op. 

 cit. xA-ii. p. 479 (breeds in Kashmir up to 6000 ft.). 



A large number pass through Kohat in April and the 

 beginning of May, returning in August and September : 

 many breed in the orchards of the Kurram Valley, a few 

 also in Kohat. 



