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Betham, op. cit. xvi. p. 750 (nests freely) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 480 (scarce 

 Kashmir) ; Perreau, op. cit. xviii. p. 186 (occurs in Chitral). 



A fairly common winter visitor to the District from October till the end of 

 March, chiefly frequenting stony wastes and hill-sides, and particularly com- 

 mon between Lachi and Latammar. Nests freely on the Samana. Capt. 

 Keen found a nest on the 14th of May containing six fresh eggs. A beauti- 

 ful songster, singing both on the wing and on the ground. 



[619.] Saxicola capistrata. The White-headed Chat. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 339 (common in winter at Thall : many 

 young birds seen at Parachinar in July) ; Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 603 

 (shot one at Sibi, 5,000 ft., in Feb.) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 50 (occurs in 

 Chitral in summer from 7,000 to 11,000 ft.) ; Cumming, t. c. p. 687 (shot one 

 in March: Seistan). 



302. S juv. Parachinar, 5,700 ft., 7th July. 



435. $ ad. Banda, 1,900 ft., 27th January. 



A cold-weather visitor to the District and very abundant from the third 

 week in August till April, frequenting both desert country and open culti- 

 vated lands and especially common by the roadside. In the Kurram Valley 

 it nests freely round Parachinar from 4,500 to 6,500 feet, and rarely as high 

 as 9,000 feet. The nest, a neat grass structure, is usually placed in a hole 

 in the bank of a nullah or under a stone in the nullah-bed, occasionally in a 

 cairn of stones. The eggs are pale blue, varying a good deal in shade, 

 marked with red spots also varying much in shade, and distribution, and 

 average # 79 in. x *53 in. The full clutch is five. Two broods at least are 

 reared in the season. 



[620.] Saxicola opistholeuca. Strickland's Chat. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 50 (the commonest bird in Chitral, moving 

 up or down according to season) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 480 (migrates 

 through Baltistan). 



433. Ad. Hangu, 2,700 ft., 27th December. 



A fairly common cold-weather visitor from September to the middle of 

 April, keeping chiefly to stony ground. It migrates through the Kurram 

 Valley in April. 



Saxicola morio, Hempr and Ehr. The Eastern Pied-Chat. 

 702. 5 . Kohat, 1,768 ft., 18th March. 



This was the only example secured, but, owing to its close resemblance 

 to S. capistrata the bird has probably been overlooked. 

 [625.] Saxicola isabellina. The Isabelline Chat. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 339 (Thall : found a nest at 4,000 ft.) ; 

 Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 603 (common in summer, nesting down holes) ; 

 Cumming, op. cit. xvi. p. 688 (Seistan : fairly common in spring) ; Betham, 

 t. c. p. 748 (Quetta : numerous, nesting in rat-holes) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. 

 p. 481 (Baltistan). 



