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Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 51 (a common resident in Chitral from 

 4,000 to 7,000 ft.); Rattray, t. c. p. 428 (common in the Galis) ; Ward, op. 

 cit. xvii. p. 481 (very common on all hill-streams). 



660. $ . Kachai, 2,700 ft., 9th March. 



Major Magrath observed this Redstart by the Khanki River at Raisan in 

 October 1905 ; this is the only example of the species we have noted except 

 for the above one which I procured at Kachai. 



[647.] Cyanecula stjecica. The Bluethroat. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (common in March and April at 

 Quetta) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 51 (common in September and October) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 481 (common in Kashmir). 



Passes through the District and up the Kurram Valley in large numbers 

 from March till the end of May. The return passage, commencing in the 

 last week of August, is at its height in September. A certain number of 

 immature birds winter in Kohat, and are then chiefly found in the reed beds. 



[654.] Ianthia rtjfilata. The Red-flanked Bush-Robin. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 481 and xviii. p. 462 (breeds in Kashmir). 



95. 2 a d- Kohat, 1,760 ft., 21st January. 



669. 6 ad. Kachai, 2,700 ft., 12th March. 



A rare winter visitor to the Samana and the orchards of Kohat and 

 Miranzai. Capt. Keen was the first to meet with it. Fairly numerous on 

 the wooded slopes of the Safed Koh from 8,000 to 10,000 feet in summer. 

 The alarm note resembles the syllable prot, the mate answering ee (both 

 notes are used by the two sexes). The short song is one of the familiar 

 sound of the forest, it may be rendered "Pray did he then?" 



[657.] Adelura (leruleicephala. The Blue-headed Robin. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 51 (resident: Chitral) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 428 

 (very rare, nests in holes in stumps : Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 

 481 (occurs in April; Kashmir). 



A winter visitor to the District from December till mid-March, and to the 

 Samana from the first week in November till the end of March, but in vary- 

 ing numbers. In 1906 and 1907 it was fairly common but in 1908 I only 

 met with one specimen. Usually frequents olive-groves and gardens, and 

 on the Samana scrub-jungle. In the woods of the Safed Koh, however, it 

 is abundant in summer from 7,500 to 12,000 feet. It has the tame and con- 

 fiding habits of the Redbreast, and the same way of quivering the tail. The 

 alarm-notes, too, are very similar. The two nests that I came across might 

 well have been those of the Redbreast. The first was placed on the ground 

 under shelter of a juniper-root (not in a hole) at 11,000 feet, and contained 

 three eggs just hatching ; they were cream-coloured, with a darker zone 

 near the larger end, and differed a good deal in size. The second was in a 

 similar position at 8,000 feet, and had four eggs of similar type, but very 

 faintly tinged with green and slightly smaller, averaging -68x*48". 



