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an authenticated clutch of eggs in his collection from Ladakh, taken pre- 

 viously to mine, though he adds that his is that of A. nepalensis, as he does 

 not recognise A. rufilatus as a good species. 



[713.] Accentor himalayanus. The Altai Accentor. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 482 (large flocks pass through Kashmir in 

 spring). 



132. 2 ad. Samana, 6,500 ft., 7th March. 



361. Sex? „ „ 5th April. 



A visitor to the Samana from December till the middle of April. Usually 

 to be seen in large flocks, busily feeding amongst stones, near the Fort. 

 Major Magrath procured the first examples of both this and the last 

 species. 



[716.] Tharrhaleus atrigularis. The Black-throated Accentor. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (shot one in January) ; Fulton, op. 

 cit. xvi. p. 744 (shot two in March) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (common in 

 spring). 



66. 2 ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 5th January. 



A common winter visitor arriving in October and leaving towards the 

 middle of March. It closely resembles the Hedge-Sparrow in habits, but is 

 somewhat gregarious. 



[719.] Tharrhaleus jerdoni. Jerdon's Accentor. 



Watson, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 145 (small flocks occur in January and March: 

 Chaman) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (breeds in Kashmir). 



407. Ad. Samana, 6,000 ft., 2nd December. 



A winter visitor to the Samana (above 4,000 feet) in small numbers ; it 

 frequents scrub-jungle, and is generally solitary ; it is perhaps commoner 

 than it appears to be, but is such a terrible skulker that one rarely gets 

 more than a glimpse of it. 



Nests fairly commonly on the Safed Koh, between 9,000 and 12,000 feet, 

 both in the forest and in Juniper-scrub. The alarm-note resembles the 

 syllable tir-r-r. 



[722.] Ploceus bengalensis. The Black-throated Weaver-bird. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340. 



We have not met with this species in Kohat, but Col. Rattray records it 

 from Thall, and writes as follows : — " Appeared suddenly about the begin- 

 ning of June in all the reed-patches on the river-banks ; they fly about in 

 flocks of twenty or thirty birds. On 25th June 1898, I found a nest con- 

 taining three eggs much incubated . . . ." 



Mr. Donald, the Political Officer, observed a flock in the reeds near Thall 

 in March. Probably a resident species, moving locally up and down the 

 river. 



[734.] Uroloncha malabarica. The White-throated Munia. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340 (not common) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. 



