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



[672.] Merula castanea. The Grey-headed Ousel. 



Rattray, J. B. N, H. S. xvi. p. 657 (abundant in the 

 Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (occurs in Kash- 

 mir in varying numbers). 



598. ¥ ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 18th February. 



657. c? ad. Hangu, 2600 ft., 8th March. 



Fairly common from November till April in the wooded 

 nullahs of the Samana in company with flocks of M. atri- 

 gularis. A few individuals occur in the Miranzai Valley 

 and in the orchards of Kohat in Fel)ruary and March. 



I met with a family-party on the 9th of August on the 

 Safed Koh at 8000 feet. 



[674.] Merula fuscata. The Dusky Thrush. 



Major Magrath shot a specimen of this Thrush on the 

 7th of April in his garden at Bannu ; the skin is now in 

 the British Museum. On seeing it I was struck by its 

 resemblance to one which Capt. Keen shot for me at Kohat 

 the previous winter (22nd March, 1906), about which I 

 made the following notes at the time : '• Differs from H. atri- 

 gularis in the throat and cheeks being light brown tinged 

 with red, turning to blackish on the upper breast." Unfortu- 

 nately I had no time to skin it. 



Major Magrath has sent me the following extract from 

 his pocket-ljook made near Kohat and dated April 6th, 

 1905 : — " A Thrush, upper parts like M. atriyularis, abdo- 

 men and vent white ; the throat I could not see; abroad 

 huff super ciliumJ^ So it seems probable that it is also a winter 

 visitor to Kohat. Oates records it as a rare winter visitor 

 to North-eastern India only. 



[677.] Merula ATRiGULARis. The Black-throated Ousel. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S, xiv. p. 603 (very common) ; 

 Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 51 (one shot in April); Ward, 

 op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (abundant in winter). 

 . 578. ? ad. Kohat Pass, 3000 ft., 12th February. 



These birds were abundant on the Samana and in the 

 Miranzai Valley from October to the middle of April, but 

 their further movements towards the plains depend a good 



