THE BIRDS OF KOHAT AND THE KURJRAM VALLEY. 783 



[695.] Ttjrdus viscivorus. The Missel-Thrush. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604, & xv. p. 355 (a resident in the hills 

 round Quetta) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 52 (resident in Chitral) ; Ward, op. 

 cit. xviii. p. 482 (resident and common). 



In the severe weather of January 1905, Major Magrath observed one in 

 an orchard at Kohat, and Mr. Donald's bird-catchers caught two on the 

 grass-farm about the same time. None have been seen there since. 



In the Kurram Valley it nests not uncommonly amongst the firs and 

 Deodars of the Peiwar spur, and in the Spin Khwar Nullah from 7,000 to 

 9,000 feet. 



[697.] Turdits iliacus. The Redwing-Thrush. 



Mr. Gates writes (Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 156): — "I have not been 

 able to examine any specimen of Redwing obtained in India, and I admit 

 the species on the authority of Jerdon, who states that at the time he wrote 

 it had been lately found in the Himalayas, though very rarely. But at 

 Kohat," he adds, " as I am assured by Mr. Blyth, according to a very good 

 observer, the late Lieut. Trotter, it is a regular winter visitant in large 

 flock." Major Magrath and I have looked in vain for this species for the 

 last three winters. Possibly the flocks of Calandra Larks {Melanocoryphla 

 bimaeulata) were mistaken for Redwings. 



[709.] Cistclus asiaticus. The Brown Dipper. 

 : Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 52 (not uncommon from 4,000 to 10,000 ft.) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (very common in Kashmir). 



Occurs along the larger streams of the Safed Koh up to 9,000 feet, but is 

 scarce. I shot a strong flying young bird on the 27th of June. 



[712.] Accentor rufilattjs. The Red-sided Accentor. 



Accentor rufilatus Sharpe, Oat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 664 (1882). 



Accentor nepalensis (part.) Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 166. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 482 (occurs in Ladak and Baltistan) ; 

 Perreau, op. cit. xviii. p. 186 (Chitral). 



274. Sex ? Samana, 6,500 ft., 5th April. 



296. Sex? Safed Koh, 12,300 ft., 1st July. 



A rather rare winter visitor to the Samana from the beginning of Novem- 

 ber till April, generally found singly about cliffs or on steep stony slopes, 

 but never much below 6,000 feet. 



Nests freely on the Safed Koh above 12,000 feet. I came across the first 

 nest on the 1st of July 1906 ; it was placed under a rock on a steep slope 

 and contained three fresh eggs closely resembling those of our Hedge- 

 Sparrow, but larger, averaging -88" x*57". The nest was beautifully made 

 of grass and roots, lined with moss and a little fur. On the 28th of July I 

 came on two more nests built in crevices in cliffs each containing two young 

 ones, the most noticeable feature about them being their bright red gapes. 

 This is not the first record of the nest. Mr. Stuart Baker writes that he has 



