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Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 424 (nests freely in the Galis) ; Ward, op. cit. 

 xvii. p. 112 (common in Kashmir). 



6P4. $ ad. Marai, 3,000 ft., 9th March. 

 667. $ ad. Kachai, 2,700 ft., 10th March. 



Not common. I have met with it in spring at the foot of the hills and in . 

 summer on the Safed Koh at 8,500 feet. Its song is very characteristic. Call 

 note " tchit ". 



[416.] Phylloscopus subvikidis. Brooks's Willow-Warbler. 

 102. $ ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 5th February. 

 113. 9 ad. „ „ 10th February. 



276. Sex ? Samona, 6,500 ft.. 12th April. 

 319. 9 ad. Safed Koh, 8,800 ft., 13th July. 



Fairly common in the District from October to April. Generally found 

 solitary or in pairs in scrub and wild olive-groves, more rarely in orchards and 

 gardens. Occurs on the Samana in large numbers on migration. Nests freely 

 on the lower slopes of the Safed Koh fiom 7,000 to 9,000 ft. A nest found on 

 the 13th of July, 1906, evidently an old one re-lined, was placed in the bank 

 of a nullah under cover of a small bush. It was of the usual Willow-Waibler 

 type and contained four fresh eggs (this was the full clutch, the female having 

 no eggs in the oviduct). They were white, thickly spotted with dark red, and 

 averaged '55 x - 1 inch. 



In summer this Warbler frequently utters a loud monosyllabic call-note, 

 not unlike that of the next species but not so loud. In winter this is only 

 occasionally heard. 



[418.] Phylloscopus humii. Hume's Willow-Warbler. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 48 (only two obtained in Chitral) ; Rattray. 

 t. c. p. 424 (very common in the Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 113 • 

 (breeds in Kashmir). 

 48. Ad. Kohat, 1/7H0 ft., 23rd December. 

 55. $ ad. „ ,, 31st December. 



119 & 120. $ ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 16th February. 

 153. Ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 18th March. 



Abundant in the cold weather in Kohat from September till the end of 

 April, frequenting gardens, orchards and groves — usually singly. It has a 

 loud call-note resembling the syllable " pckwey," which is constantly uttered. 

 Occurs on the Samana on migration, and nests in large numbers on the Safed 

 Koh from 7,000 to 11,000 feet. Its curious song, which may be rendered 

 " pi-pi -piaz-z" (this being repeated with variations), is first heard in March. 

 whlist still in its winter-quarters, and is continued throughout the summer 

 being usually uttered from the midst of a thick tree. 



[421.] Acanthopneuste NiTiDUg. The Green Willow-Warbler. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 1 13. 



766. Ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 31st March. 



784. $ ad. „ , -2nd April. 



