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



[794.] Emberiza stracheyi. The Eastern Meadow- 

 Bunting. 



Watson, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 145 (one shot in November: 

 Chaman) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 55 (abundant fiom 4000 

 to 14,000 ft. according to season) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 672 (nests 

 freely in the Murree Hills) ; \A'ard, op. cit. xvii. p. 485 (resi- 

 dent : Kashmir). 



53. ? . Raisan, 2300 ft., 25th December. 

 60. ? . Kohat, 1760 ft., 2nd January. 



124. ? . „ „ 19th February. 



A winter visitor to Kohat and by far our commonest 

 Bunting from the second week in October till April, occur- 

 ring at all elevations and on all sorts of ground, though more 

 commonly about cultivated places than elsewhere. On the 

 Samana it quite takes the place of Passer domesticus in 

 winter. It nests fairly commonly on the Safed Koh up to 

 11,000 feet. 



[795.] Emberiza buchanani. The Grey-necked Bunting. 



i\lar»hall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (common in April 

 near Quetta) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 485 (a rare spring 

 migrant) ; Pcrreau, op. cit. xviii. p. 186 (Chitral). 



Not an uncommon species on the spring passage from the 

 middle of April to the middle of May. It frequents stony 

 ground covered with patches of scrub, usually singly or in 

 pairs. On the autumn migration I only observed it once, 

 viz. on tlie 16th of September. An example was forwarded 

 from Bannu to the British Museum by Major Magrath. 



[800.] Emberiza luteola. The Red-headed Bunting. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (a few seen in May 

 in Chitral) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 744 (a spring migrant). 



534. S ' Kurram Valley, 6800 ft., 27th April. 



Passes through the District and up the Kurram Valley in 

 force from mid-April till mid-May, returning in August and 

 September. Major Wardlaw-Ramsay found this species 

 nesting in the Hariob Valley, which drains into the Kurram 

 Valley just west of our limits. 



