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



Januai-y and March : Charaan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii, p. 482 

 (breeds in Kashmir). 



407. Ad. Saraana, 6000 ft., 2nd December. 



A winter visitor to the Satnana (above 4000 feet) in small 

 numbers ; it frequents scrub-jungle, and is generally solitary ; 

 it is perhaps commoner than it appears to be, but it is 

 such a terrible skulker one rarely gets more thau a glimpse 

 of it. 



Nests fairly commonly on the Safed Koh, between 9000 

 and 12,000 feet, both in the forest and in Juniper-scrub. 

 The alarm-note resembles the syllal)le tir-r-r. 



[722.] Ploceus bengalensis. The Black-throated 

 Weaver-bird. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340. 



We have not met with this species in Kohat, but 

 Col. Rattray records it f roai Thall, and writes as follows : — 

 ''Appeared suddenly about the beginning of June in all the 

 reed-patches on the river-banks ; they fly about in flocks of 

 twenty or thirty birds. On 25th June, 1898, I found u nest 

 containing three eggs much incubated . . . ." 



Mr. Donald, the Political Otiicer, observed a flock in the 

 reeds near Thall in March. Probably a resident species, 

 moving locally up and down the river. 



[734.] UitoLONCHA MALABARiCA. The Whitc-throatcd 

 Munia. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340 (not common) ; Fulton, 

 op. cit. xvi. p. 52 (summer visitor up to 4000 ft. : Chitral) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 483 (occurs in Kashmir). 



A resident in the plains ; abundant in summer, but be- 

 coming scarce in winter. 



[758.] SpoRiEGiNTHUs AMANDAVA. The ludiau Red 

 Munia. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340; Ward, op. cit. xvii. 

 p. 483 (occurs in Jammu). 



Colonel Rattray met with a few flocks of this species on 

 the jheels (marshes) and amongst liigh grass near Thall. 

 Mr. Donald, the Political Officer, who passes through Thall 



