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Station (3,000 feet) in May and says that the bird nests regularly at 

 Shinauri (3,800 feet). It possibly also does so at Thall (2,550 feet), where 

 I observed a solitary example on the 18th of May. In the Upper Kurram 

 this species and P. domesticus are present in about equal numbers in summer, 

 and build alongside one another in houses ; but the former, as noted by 

 Oapt. Fulton in his paper on "The Birds of Chitral," get the pick of the 

 nesting-sites before the latter's arrival, and in many cases P. domesticus has 

 to put up with holes in cliffs. 



[782.] Petronia stitlta. The Rock-Sparrow. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 485 (winter visitor to Gilgit). 



599. Ad. Banda, 2,000 ft., 19th February. 



Major Magrath first met with a flock of this species in February 1906 

 feeding in a stubble near Kohat. It is apparently a regular winter visitor, 

 more common in the desolate country south of Banda than elsewhere. I 

 found it very wary and generally feeding in young crops in flocks of fifteen 

 or twenty. 



[785.] Montifbingilla abamsi, Moore. Adams's Mountain-Finch. 



[I came on a small flock of Mountain-Finches on the 2nd of August on a 

 grassy knoll at an altitude of 10,000 feet in the Safed Koh. From their 

 markings and colouring I attribute them to this species, but they were 

 rather wild and I did not secure one, and do not therefore feel justified in 

 entering the species on the list.] 



[787.] Fbingillatjda sobdida. Stoliczka's Mountain-Finch. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi., p. 55 (common in summer from 10,000 to 

 14,000 ft.); Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 485 (breeds in Kashmir). 



136. Ad. Samana, 6,500 ft., 7th March. 



642, 645. d 6 ad. Samana, 6,500 ft., 5th March. 



243, 644. Ad. Samana, 6,500 ft., 5th March. 



During the intense cold in March 1906, when the snow was lying deep 

 round Fort Lockhart, Major Magrath noticed small flocks of these birds 

 picking up scraps round the cook-house door and shot one. They left when 

 the snow melted. The following winter I was stationed there, but did not 

 meet with a single specimen. In March 1908, however, I spent a couple of 

 days there and found large flocks feeding on fallow land ; curiously enough, 

 the weather was comparatively warm then and there was no snow lying. 



[789.] Embebiza scHrasriCLtrs. The Reed-Bunting. 



Watson, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 145 (December: Cham an) ; Ward, op. cit. 

 xvii. p. 485, & xviii., p. 463 (Gilgit and near Srinagar). 



126. Sex? Kohat, 1,760 ft., 20th February. 



•~>93. Sex? „ „ 17th „ 



Fairly common from November to March in reed-beds and irrigated orops 

 and on the grass-farm, or occasionally in dry stubble and scrub-jungle. 

 Varies much in size and colouration. 





