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passage) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 51 (resident in Chitral : nest 

 at 12,000 ft. in July in birch-scrub) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. 

 p. 484, & xviii. p. 4G3 (breeds in Kashmir and Baltistan). 



414. c? ad. Saraana, 5600 ft., 13th December. 



A rather rare winter visitor to the Samana, occurrins^ in 

 small parties, and sometimes in flocks of forty or fifty, from 

 December till April. The flocks may be easily located by 

 their incessant twittering (which resembles the syllables hri-i). 



Fairly common in summer between 8000 and 9000 feet on 

 the Peiwar Spur. 



[772.] Hypacanthis spixoides. The Himalayan Green- 

 finch. 



E-attray, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 658 (nests fairly commonly 

 in the Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 484 (Kashmir : 

 common up to 8000 ft.). 



409. Juv. Samana, 6500 ft., 6th December. 



A few individuals are to be found in December and 

 January in company with the flocks of Goldfinches on the 

 Samana near Fort Lockhart, but the bird is not at all common. 



[774.] Fringilla montifringilla. The Brambling, 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 484 (passes through) ; 

 Perreau, op. cit. xviii. p. 186 (one shot in Chitral). 



131. ? ad. Hangu, 2700 ft., 3rd March. 



Migrates through the District in small numbers early in 

 March, associating with big flocks of Buntings. Not ob- 

 served on the autumn passage. 



Fringilla c(Elebs. The Chaffinch. 



135. ? ad. Hangu, 2700 ft., 3rd March. 



I came across a pair of this species in an orchard near 

 Hangu in March 1906 and secured one specimen. The 

 following February I saw what 1 feel certain was another 

 (a male), but in the excitement of the moment I missed, it 

 and never saw it again. 



[775.] Gymnorhis flavicollis. The Yellow-throated 

 Sparrow. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 310 (Thall : rather rare). 



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