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Bbown Dipper [Cinclus asiaticus), Swains. — Captain Lyall told me he 

 found a nest of the dipper on the 2nd of February in Kesu Nullah. 



House Sparrow {Passer domestieus), Linne, — This species forsook us 

 for the winter, leaving only the tree sparrow (P. montana) as abundant 

 as in the summer. I noticed the common sparrow back again in the Fort 

 in early April, 



Pine Bunting {Emberiza leucocepMla), Gmelin. — I found several nests 

 about Madaglasht (10 to 11,000 feet) in June and July. 



Crag-Martin {Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Scopoli. — The first I saw were 

 flying about in all directions on the 27th of March. The last were 

 observed flying North in large numbers even till well after dusk on the 

 16th of May. 



Sand -Martin {Cotile riparia), Linne. — I noted several hawking about 

 the river near Kesu on the 1st of May. 



European Hoopoe {Upupa epojjs), Linne. — I saw these species in the 

 summer up to fully 12,000 feet, and it was breeding well up to 

 11,000 feet. 



Cuckoo (C'uculus canoi-us), Tiinne. — I heard the cuckoo first on the 

 8th of May. I chased a company of at least six on my pony all flying 

 south on the evening of the 16th of May. Each separately fluttered out 

 of the wayside trees and hedgerows, to perch a hundred yards or so further 

 on, and repeat the flight as I passed by. 



Himalayan Griffon (^'Gyps Jdmalayensis ?), Hume. — A large vulture 

 is fairly common in Chitral which I suspect is the above species. It is 

 in flight just like a large edition of the next species, but is much too 

 large to have been confused with that species. T saw it in the winter about 

 Drosh always flying very high. In the summer above Madaglasht I saw them 

 many times, and on more than one occasion congregated on the carcasses 

 of goats, etc. 



Egyptian Vulture {Neo2)/iron perc7io2}te7-us), Linne. — Captain Perreau 

 mentions this in the summer, but I saw it not infrequently in the 

 winter. 



Merlin {^''Msalon regulus), Pallas. — Among the Mehtar's hawks I saw 

 a specimen of this hawk in very fine plumage. The attendant inform- 

 ed me it had been reared in the country. 



Large Egret (* Serodias alba), Linne. — Captain Lyall sent me a skin. 

 He bagged one of three seen on the 1st of May. 



Grey Lag Goose {^"Anser ferus), Schoefi". — I do not think I could have 

 been mistaken in the identification of this goose, though none was brought 

 to bag,- Geese were frequently heard at night flighting by, and I several 

 times saw flocks that I took to be this species. In Malakand years ago at 

 about the same time of year I remember more than one being shot. 



