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[1540.] CrcoNiA ALR.v. The White Stork. 



Occurs regularly on the spring migration either singly or in 

 small parties. In the Kurram Valley we saw a flock of some 

 two hundred near Dandar on the 20l;h of April. Single 

 individuals continue to pass through up till the end of .May. 



[154.7.] CicoNTA NIGRA. The Black Stork. 



Ward, J. 13. N. II. S. xvii. p. 9J>7 (occurs early in spring 

 in Kashmir). 



Not common ; but small flocks are seen ever}'^ winter 

 from January till the end of March, 



[1554.] Ardfa AivNMLLENsis. Tlic Eastcm Purplc Hcrou. 



I flushed three individuals out of the Lachi reed-bed on 

 tlie 2()th of May, 1908, while Major Magrath and I came on 

 a small flock in the reeds at Dandar in the Kurram Valley 

 in April 1907. These arc the only occasions on which we 

 have met with this Heron. 



[1555.] Ardea ciNEREA. Thc Common Heron. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 347 (Thall : one or two 

 always about) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 354 (Quetta: com- 

 mon, especially in March) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 63 (only 

 a few^ seen in Chitral) ; Gumming, t. c. p. G9G (common in 

 Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 947 (abundant in the Vale 

 of Kashmir). 



Fairly common in suitable places, especially along the 

 Kurram River. Probably a resident species. 



[1559.] Herodias alba. The Large Egret. 



Rattray, J. H. N. H. S. xii. p. 347 (Thall) ; Marshall, op. 

 cit. XV. p. 354 (Quetta : fairly common in February); Ward, 

 op. cit. xvii. p. 947 (Kashmir). 



Colonel Rattray writes : — " A few birds appeared at Thall 

 in the middle of May for a day or two; one was shot and 

 brought to me, it was in splendid breeding-plumage.'^ 



We have not met with this species ourselves in Kohat, 

 though Major Magi'ath has found it quite common in 

 Bannu in winter. 



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