234 Lieut. C. H. T. Whiteliead on the 



[782.] Petronia stulta. The Rock-Sparrow. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 485 (winter visitor to 

 Gilgir). 



599. Ad. Banda, 2000 ft., 19tli February. 



Major Magrath first met with a flock of this species 

 in February ]906 feeding in a stubble near Kobat. It is 

 apparently a regular winter visitor, more common in the 

 desolate country south of Banda than elsewhere. I found it 

 very wary and generally feeding in young crops in flocks of 

 fifteen or twenty. 



[[785. J MoxTiFRiNGiLLA ADAMsi Moore. Adamses Mouu- 

 tain-Fiucli. 



I can)e on a small flock of Mountain-Finches on the 

 2iid of August on a grassy knoll at an altitude of 10,000 feet 

 in the Safed Koh. From their markings and colouring I 

 attribute them to this species, but they were rather wild and 

 I did not secure one, and do not therefore feel justified in 

 entering the species on the list.] 



[787.] Fringillauda sordida. Stoliczka's Mountain- 

 Finch. 



Fulton, J, B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 55 (common in summer 

 from 10,000 to 14,000 ft.) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 485 

 (breeds in Kashmir). 



13G. Ad. Samana, 6500 ft., 7th March. 



642, 645. S ^ ad. Samana, 6500 ft., 5th March. 



643, 644. Ad. Samana, 6500 ft., 5th March. 



During the intense cold in March 1906, when the snow 

 was lying deep round Fort Lockhart, Major Magrath 

 noticed small flocks of these birds picking up scraps round 

 the cook-house door and shot one. They left when the 

 snow melted. The following winter I was stationed there, 

 but did not meet with a single s})ecimen. In March 1908, 

 however, I spent a couple of days there and found large 

 flocks feeding on fallow land ; curiously enough, the weather 

 was comparatively warm then and there was no snow lying 

 on the ijruund. 



