22i Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 



observed one in an orchard at Koliat, and Mr. Donald's 

 bird-catchers caught two on the grass-farm about the same 

 time. None liave been seen there since. 



In the Kurram Valley it nests not uncommonly amongst 

 the firs and Deodars of the Peiwar spur^ and in the Spin 

 Khwar Nullah from 7000 to 9000 feet. 



[697.] TuRDus iLiACus. The Redwing-Thrush. 



Mr. Gates writes (Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 156) : — "I 

 have not been able to examine any specimen of Redwing 

 obtained in India, and I admit the species on the authority 

 of Jerdon^ who states that at the time he Avrote it had been 

 lately found in the Himalayas, though very rarely. But at 

 Kohat," he adds, " as I am assured by Mr. Blyth, according 

 to a very good observer, the late Lieut. Irotter, it is a 

 regular winter visitant in large flocks.^' Major Magrath 

 and I have looked in vain for this species for the last three 

 winters. Possibly the flocks of Calandra Larks [Melano- 

 corypha himaculata) were mistaken for Redwings. 



[709.] CiNCLUs AsiATicus. The Brown Dipper. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 52 (not uncommon from 

 4000 to 10,000 ft.) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (very 

 common in Kashmir). 



Occurs along the larger streams of the Safed Koh up to 

 9000 feet, but is scarce. I shot a strong flying young bird 

 on the 27th of June. 



[712.] Accentor rufilatus. The Red-sided Accentor. 



Accentor rufilatus Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 664 

 (1882). 



Accentor nepalensis (part.) Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 166. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 482 (occurs in Ladak and 

 Baltistan) ; Perreau, op. cit. xviii. p. 186 (Chitral). 



274. Sex ? Samana, 6500 ft., 5th April. 



296. Sex? Safed Koh, 12,300 ft., 1st July. 



A rather rare winter visitor to the Samana from the 

 beginning of November till April, generally found singly 



