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"Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 109, xviii. p. 451 (common : young hatch out in April ; 

 probably two broods). 



Occurs sparingly amongst the conifers of the Safed Koh, but is more often 

 heard than seen. Its cry resembles the syllables "7eack-Mck" rapidlv repeated, 

 hence its Pushtu name " Khakarra." 



[30.] Pyrrhocorax alpinus. The Yellow-billed Chough. 

 Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. G05 (occurs at 10,000 ft., near Quetta) ; 

 Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 46 (Chitral : very common from 5,00u ft. to 10,000 ft., 

 according to season) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 109 (occurs from 5,500 ft. in winter 

 upwards, often caught in traps set round carrion for foxes). 



Not common but fairly well distributed in summer along the upper slopes 

 of the Safed Koh above tree-limit. By the end of June the birds had 

 collected into small flocks. 



[>1.] Parus atriceps. The Indian Grey Tit. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 6ul (winter visitor to Quetta : seen at Ziarat, 

 8,000 ft., in May) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 46 (Chitral : very common) ; Rattray, 

 t. c. p. 421 (very common up to 6,500 ft. : Murree) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 109. 

 327. $ juv. Safed Koh, 7,500 ft., !6tb July. 



A very common winter visitor to the District from mid September till 

 about the third week in April. A resident on the Samana above 5,000 ft. 

 Nests in the Ilex-scrub of the Upper Kurrarn in fair numbers. 

 Anthoscopus CORONATus. The Turkestan Penduline Tit. 

 Hartert, Pal. Vogel, i. p. 392. 



Lachi, 1,50.0 ft., 25th March ; $ $ ad., Kohat, 1,760 ft., 7th— 8th April ; 

 $ ad., Kohat, 1,760 ft., 18th March. 



Major Magrath first observed a party of these Tits on a Peach-tree in his 

 garden in April 1^05. Since then we have met with the bird regularly from 

 mid-March till mid April in parties of from two or three to forty or more, 

 chiefly frequenting Shisham trees, but also orchards and Camel-thorn scrub. 

 The call-note resembles that of Zosterops palpebrot-a and is constantly uttered. 



Mr. T. E,. Bell, I.F.S., was the first to discover this species in India. He met 

 with parties of it in February 1904 in the tamarisk-acacia scrub- jungle near 

 Sukkur, Sind, and procured several examples (vide J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 244). 

 [37.] ./Egithaliscus leucogenys. The White-cheeked Tit. 

 Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 46 (resident and very common from 6,000 to 

 12,000 ft. in Lower Chitral) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 109. 

 333. $ ad. Safed Koh, 1,800 ft., 20lh July. 

 391. 9 ad. Samana, 5,000 ft., 5th November. 



A resident in the Upper Kurram Valley and on the Samana, being largely 

 reinforced on the latter in winter : and at that season some descend to the 

 lower scrub covered hills occurring as far south as the Mianwali District, and 

 down to 2,500 ft., where I have met with parties as late as the 9th of April. 



Breeds freely in the Hex-scrub near Peiwar from 6,000 to 8,01,0 ft. Nesting 

 operations must commence towards the end of March, as a nest found on the 



