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



615. ? ad. Lachi, 1540 ft., 26th February. 



704. ? ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 18th March. 



737. ? ad. „ „ 25th March. 



A winter visitor, abundant from November till March. 

 By the end of the latter month it is entirely replaced by the 

 next species, which arrives in the second week in March. 



[861.] Alauda gulgula. The Indian Sky-Lark. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 724 (reported from the Jammu 

 plains), 



695. S- Lachi, 1540 ft., 17th March. 



728. ^. Kohat, 1760 ft., 23rd March. 



752. S ' „ ., 27th March. 



A summer visitor, nesting freely on the grass-farm. It can 

 he distinguished from A. arvensis by the harsh note uttered 

 on rising and by the song, which is not so rich as that of 

 the latter. 



862. Calandrella brachydactyla. The Short-toed 

 Lark. 



Marshall, J.B.N. H. S. xiv. p. 605 (abundant from winter 

 till May 1st) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 56 (Chitral : many 

 pass through in October). 



613. ? . Lachi, 1540 ft., 26th February. 



621. S' Kohat, 1760 ft., 29th February. 



730, 731. ? c? . Kohat, 1760 ft., 23rd March. 



Occurs commonly in Kohat and the Kurram Valley from 

 the last week in February till the middle of April (last seen 

 ou the 19th), and returns in small numbers in September. 



[864.] Calandrella tibetana. — Major Magrath shot an 

 example of this species at Bannu in December 1907. It has 

 now been found to occur in Kohat; fairly common in spring. 



[869.] MiRAFRA cANTiLLANs. The Singing Bush-Lark. 



266. c? ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 19th May. 



Fairly numerous from the middle of May till September 

 about grassy and bush-covered plains. Not observed in the 

 Kurram Valley, though fairly common at Thall at the 

 entrance. A most energetic songster ; many of its notes 

 seem to be borrowed from Argya caudata. 



