622 Additions and Corrections to the " Birds of Kohat." 



as well. Dr. Hartert has also re-examined the four speci- 

 mens [852] which I identified as A. japonicus, and he agrees 

 with this determination. He points out further that the 

 proper specific name of the Water-Pipit is spinoletta and 

 not spipoletta, according to the original spelling. 



[862.] Calandrella brachydactyla. 

 Nos. 613, 621, 730, 731 are examples of [864] C. tibetana 

 and not of C. brachydactyla. 



[1200.] Aquila chrysaetus. 



I have now seen the Golden Eagle in its summer-quarters 

 in the Kaghan Valley, and feel fairly certain that the 

 Eagle with the rufous-buff nape, which frequents the low 

 rocky hills in Kohat in winter, is of this species. It is a 

 resular visitor, but not common, and is not seen on the 

 grass farms — the rendezvous of A A. heliaca, bifasciata, 

 vindhiana, and maculata — nor fighting over carrion, monitor 

 lizards, &c., as these other species do, but is usually found 

 singly in desolate country. 



[1388.] Rallus aquaticus. 



Another example of this species was shot on the 8th of 

 March. 



[1437.] Chettusia gregaria. 



The note on this species (supra, p. 273) was somewhat 

 misleading. I have re-written it as follows : — 



Small flocks pass through from the last week in February 

 till the end of March : many are then in full plumage, i. e. 

 are black and chestnut on the abdomen (see Blanford, Fauna 

 of B. I. vol. iv. p. 232). A solitary example was shot on the 

 parade-ground at Fort Lockhart (6500 feet), where it had 

 alighted during parade. 



[1447.] tEgiahtis dubia. 



The comma which has been inserted in the 7th line after 

 " Dandar " entirely alters the sense : the comma should follow 

 " at least." 



The following species not in the Kohat list were noted by 

 nae last March on the River Indus near Kalabagh {a few 



