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Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (Quetta : common on passage) ; 

 Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 54 (resident in Chitral : nest at 12,000 ft. in July in 

 birch-scrub) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 484, & xviii. p. 463 (breeds in Kashmir 

 and Baltistan). 



414. S ad. Samana, 5,600 ft., 13tb December. 



A rather rare winter visitor to the Samana, occurring in small parties, 

 and sometimes in flocks of forty or fifty, from December till April. The 

 flocks may be easily located by their incessant twittering (which resembles 

 the syllables bvi-i). 



Fairly common in summer between 8,000 and 9,000 feet on the Peiwar Spur, 



[772.] Hypacanthis spinoides. The Himalayan Greenfinch. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 658 (nests fairly common in the Murree 

 Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 484 (Kashmir : common up to 8,000 ft.). 



409. Juv. Samana, 6,500 ft., 6th December. 



A few individuals are to be found in December and January in company 

 with the flocks of Goldfinches on the Samana near Fort Lockhart, but the 

 bird is not at all common. 



[774.] Fringilla montifringilla. The Brambling. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 484 (passes through) ; Perreau, op. cit. 

 xviii. p. 186 (one shot in Chitral). 



134. 2 ad. Hangu, 2,700 ft., 3rd March. 



Migrates through the District in small numbers early in March, associat- 

 ing with big flocks of Buntings. Not observed on the autumn passage. 

 Fringilla ccelebs. The Chaffinch. 



135. $ ad. Hangu, 2,700 ft., 3rd March. 



I came across a pair of this species in an orchard near Hangu in March 

 1906 and secured one specimen. The following February I saw what I feel 

 certain was another (a male), but in the excitement of the moment I missed 

 it and never saw it again. 



[775.] Gymnorhis flavicollis. The Yellow-throated Sparrow. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340 (Thall : rather rare). 



777. S ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 2nd April. 



A common summer visitor to the District, arriving about the 1st of April. 

 It usually breeds in trees, but the demand for nesting-sites seems to be 

 greater than the supply, one nest that I found being built after the fashion 

 of that of Passer domesticus, and placed conspicuously in the top of a thorn- 

 bush. It contained four fresh eggs. I shot the hen on her return, to make 

 quite sure of her identity. 



[776.] Passer domesticus. The House- Sparrow. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340 (common) ; Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 604 

 (Quetta : very common, but in summer only) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 54 

 (summer visitor only) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 485. 



