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Instead of just giving a list of the birds, I have divided them 

 into groups in accordance with Mr. Kinnear's Migration Circular 

 as under : — 



I. — True Migrants, these number ... 

 II. — Migrants ,, ,, 



III. — Partial Migrants ,, ,, 



lY.— Residents ... 

 V. — Doubtful, whether Migrants or not. 



Total... 



The figures in brackets are the corresponding ones for the 

 Kohat District, N.-W. F. P. ; these show what a much larger pro- 

 portion of the birds of the N.-W. are migrants. 



The total number of species collected and observed is 294, but 

 the list is far from exhaustive (especially as regards forest birds), 

 as I did not have too much spare time to devote to birds during 

 my stay at Sehore (April 1908 to August 1910.) 



The chief points which have struck me are as follows : — 



1. The extraordinarily late stay of migratory waterfowl. 



2. How certain common birds generally considered resident 



entirely disappear during the monsoon, and how certain 

 others only appear at that season. 



3. That some species judging by the records of previous 



observers are extending their ranges, e. g., Lusciniola 



melanopocjon, Merula atrigularis, Anthus richardi, HJmhe- 



riza stetvarti. 



All references are to Oates' and Blanford's " Fauna of British 



India Birds" (abbreviated 0. & B.). The numbers before the 



scientific names are those used in that work. 



Unless noted to the contrary none of any species were observed 

 between the date of departure and that of arrival, but except 

 where otherwise stated they remained present between the dates 

 of arrival and departure, i.e., were not merely birds of passage. 

 My best thanks are due to Major H. A. F. Magrath for kindly 

 correcting the manuscript and to Mr. Ogilvie Grant for promptly, 

 verifying in the British MiTseum my identifications of specimens 

 collected. 



