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



X. — On the Birds of Kohat and Kurram, Northern India. 

 By Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead, Indian Army. With an 

 Introduction hy Major H. A. F. Magkath^, Indian Army. 

 —Part II *. 



[558.] Hemichelidon siBiKiCA. The Sooty Flycatcher. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 50 (Chitral, 4000 ft.) ; 

 Rattray, t. c. p. 427 (common above 8000 ft. on Murree 

 Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 479. 



250. S ad. Kohat, 17G8 ft., 9th May. 



Capt. Keen shot this bird in our garden on the 8th of 

 May. In the course of the following week I came across 

 several more. It nests commonly in the forests of the Safed 

 Koh up to tree-limit. 



[561. J SiPHiA PARYA. The European Red-breasted 

 Flycatcher. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (Quctta : common 

 in April) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 50 (common in Lower 

 Chitral in winter, leaving in mid-April). 



7J5. S lid. Kohat, 1768 ft., 20th ^March. 



Major Magrath has made the following notes on this 

 species: — "A winter visitor abundantly reinforced during 

 the spring migration. The rush north-west is at its height in 

 the middle of April and continues till the end of the month. 

 The last birds remain till well into May. The adult males are 

 the first to leave, the females and immature birds following 

 two or three weeks later. The return migration commences 

 in October. Few examples with chestnut breasts are to be 

 seen at this season. This Flycatcher constantly descends to 

 the ground to take its prey.^^ 



In autumn I have seen it as early as Sept. 13th. We 

 did not meet with a single adult male in winter, the first 

 appearing about the middle of March. 



* Continued from above, p. 134. The arrangement and nomenclature 

 followed are those of Gates and Blanford's " Birds " in the ' Fauna of 

 British India.' The numbers in square brackets before each name 

 are the same as in that work. 



