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it once, viz., on the 16th of September. An example was forwarded from 

 Bannu to the British Museum by Major Magrath. 



[800.] Emberiza lutbola. The Red-headed Bunting. 

 Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (a few seen in May in Chitral) ; Fulton 

 op. cit. xvi., p. 744 (a spring migrant). 



534. (J . Kurram Valley, 6,800 ft., 27th April. 



Passes through the District and up the Kurram Valley in force from mid- 

 April till mid-May, returning in August and September. Major Wardlaw- 

 Ramsay found this species nesting in the Hariob Valley, which drains into 

 the Kurram Valley just west of our limits. 



[802.] Emberiza striolata. The Striolated Bunting. 

 Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv., p. 604 (not rare in summer: Quetta). 

 Rare. I met with a party of six or seven in some very desolate country 

 between Lachi and Dhand on the 23rd of February 1907 and shot one bird 

 which corresponded well with Oates's description. 

 [804.] Chelidon urbica. The House-Martin. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 340 (Thall: rare); Marshall, op. cit. xiv., 

 p. 604 (Quetta: May); Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 483 (breeds in Ladak). 



Colonel Rattray shot a specimen at Thall on the 14th of May 1898, out of 

 a small flock. We have seen one or two flocks of what appeared to be this 

 species, on spring migration, but have never shot an example. 

 [805.] Chelidon kashmirensis. The Kashmir Martin. 

 Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi., p. 55 (Chitral: common in summer) ; Rattray, 

 t. c. p. 659 (common in the Galis, nesting freely in verandahs: Murree Hills); 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 483 (breeds in Kashmir). 



Fairly numerous in summer along the Safed Koh Range, nesting either 

 singly or in small colonies under overhanging crags from 6,000 to 8,000 feet. 

 The nest resembles that of the last species, but varies considerably in size 

 and shape according to the situation. 



[808.] Cotile riparia. the Sand-Martin. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi., p. 55 (Chitral: common in summer) ; Ward, op. 

 cit. xvii. p. 483 (Kashmir). 



The large Sand-Martin which migrates through Kohat in April and May 

 must, I think, be of this species, though I have not shot an example. Major 

 Magrath shot one out of a large flock on the autumn passage at Bannu, just 

 south of our limits. 



[808 A.] Coxile diluta. The Pale Sand-Martin. 

 Sharpe and Wyatt, Monogr. — Hirundinidae, p. 63. 

 437. $ ad. Khushalgarh, 1,200 ft., 16th February. 

 679. ad. Thall, 2,550 ft., 14th March. 



This species is distinguished from C. riparia by its paler colour, smaller 

 size, and less sharply defined pectoral band. 



It is probably widely distributed in India, but owing to its resemblance 



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