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



777. S ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 2nd April. 



A common summer visitor to the District, arriving; about 

 the 1st of April. It usually breeds in trees^ but the demand 

 for nesting-sites seems to be greater than the supply, one nest 

 that I found being built after the fashion of that of Passer 

 domesticus, and placed conspicuously in the top of a thorn- 

 bush. It contained four fresh eggs. I shot the hen on her 

 return, to make quite sure of her identity. 



[776.] Passer domesticus. The House-Sparrow. 



Rattray, J. B. N. II. S. xii. p. 340 (Quetta : common) ; 

 Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 604 (very common, but in summer 

 only) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 54 (summer visitor only) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 485. 



791. S ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 16th March. 



755. S ad. „ „ 27th March. 



Major Magrath writes of this species in Kohat as 

 follows : — " The usual pest and only too common. In April 

 and early in May vast flocks of a migratory race of this 

 species pass through the District in company with the next 

 and the flocks of Pastor roseus already mentioned. Numbers 

 of them are slaughtered along with the two latter. Does 

 not winter on the Samana." 



These two examples belong to a melanistic variety not 

 uncommon round Kohat. 



[778.] Passer hispaniolensis. The Spanish Sparrow. 



Watson, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 145 (large flocks from 

 October till December : Chaman) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 54 

 (passes through Chitral in April and October) ; Ward, 

 op. cit. xvii. p. 485 (met with in July). 



Q7Q. S ad. Thall, 2550 ft., 14th March. 



I will again quote from Major Magrath's excellent 

 notes : — " Mixed up with flocks of the last species, numbers 

 of the present occur on the spring migration. At the 

 height of the migration vast flocks of Sparrows in company 

 with flocks of Pastor roseus pour into the station at sundown 

 to roost. The combined noise of these birds before they 

 have settled down to sleep is indescribable, and the smell 



