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was struck by its resemblance to one which Capt. Keen shot for me at 

 Kohat the previous winter (22nd March, 1906), about which I made 

 the following notes at the time : " Diners from H. atrigularis in the throat 

 and cheeks being light brown tinged with red, turning to blackish on the 

 upper breast." Unfortunately I had no time to skin it. 



Major Magrath has sent me the following extract from his pocket-book 

 made near Kohat and dated April 6th, 1905 :— " A Thrush, upper parts like 

 M. atrigularis, abdomen and vent white ; the throat I could not see ; a 

 broad buff super •cilium." So it seems probable that it is also a winter visitor 

 to Kohat. Oates records it as a rare winter visitor to North-eastern India 

 only. 



[677.] Merula atrigularis. The Black-throated Ousel. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (very common) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. 

 p. 51 (one shot in April) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (abundant in winter). 



578. $ ad. Kohat Pass, 3,000 ft., 12th February. 



These birds are abundant on the Samana and in the Miranzai Valley 

 from October to the middle of April, but their further movements towards 

 the plains depend a good deal on the weather. In the severe winter of 

 1904-05 Major Magrath noted them at Kohat in large numbers as early 

 as December, but in the following year, which was mild, we did not observe 

 them till February, and then only a few. 



Not met with in the Kurram Valley. 



[691.] Petrophila cinclorhyncha. The Blue-headed Rock-Thrush. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 51 (shot one in May: Chitral) ; Rattray, t. 

 c. p. 657 (nests freely round Murree) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (plentiful, 

 in Kashmir). 



A rare cold-weather visitor to the District from September till May. 

 A few nests on the Safed Koh. 



[693.] Petrophila cyanus. The Western Blue Rock-Thrush. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (a fairly common summer visitor) ; 

 Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 51 (a summer visitor, not common) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 

 657 (rare : Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (occurs in summer). 



A rather scarce winter visitor from October till mid-April, keeping almost 

 entirely to low rocky hills and generally seen singly or in pairs. Breeds on 

 the Samana and in the Kurram Valley from 5,000 to 12,000 feet. 



[694.] Monticola saxatilis. The Rock-Thrush. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (one in January and one in April); 

 Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 52 (shot two in autumn) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 

 (occurs in Baltistan in summer). 



I have only once met with this species, and that was on the 6th of Sep- 

 tember in a stony valley near Kohat, when the autumn migration was at 

 its height. I got a good view of it through my glasses, but unfortunately 

 did not secure it. 



