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



[G47.] Cyanecula suecica. The Bluethroat. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 605 (common in March 

 and April at Quetta) ; Fulton, op. cif. xvi. p. 51 (common 

 in September and October) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 481 

 (common in Kashmir). 



Passes through the District and up the Kurram Valley in 

 large numbers from March till the end of May. The return 

 passage, commencing in the last week of August, is at its 

 height in September. A certain number of immature birds 

 winter in Kohat, and are then chiefly found in the reed- 

 beds. 



[654.] Ianthia rufilata. The Red-flanked Bush-Robin. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 481, & xviii. p. 462 (breeds 

 in Kashmir). 



95. ? ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 21st January. 



669. c? ad. Kachai, 2700 ft., 12th March. 



A rare winter visitor to the Samana and the orchards of 

 Kohat and Miranzai. Capt. Keen was the first to meet 

 with it. Fairly numerous on the wooded slopes of the 

 Safed Koh from 8000 to 10,000 feet in summer. The call- 

 note resembles the syllable prot, the mate answering ee (both 

 notes are used by the two sexes). 



[657.] Adelura c.eruleicephala. The Blue-headed 

 Robin. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 51 (resident : Chitral) ; 

 Rattray, t. c. p. 428 (very rare, nests in holes in stumps : 

 Murrec Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 481 (occurs in April: 

 Kashmir). 



A winter visitor to the District from December till raid- 

 March, and to the Samana from the first week in November 

 till the end of March, but in varying numbers. In 1906 

 and 1907 it was fairly common, but in 1908 I only met with 

 one specimen. Usually frequents olive-groves and gardens, 

 and on the Samana scrub-jungle. In the woods of the 

 Safed Koh, however, it is abundant in summer from 7500 to 

 12,000 feet. It has the tame and confiding habits of the 

 Redbreast, and the same way of quivering the tail. The 



