THE BIRDS OF KORAT AND THE KURRAM VALLEY. 795 



760. 6 ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 29th March. 

 771. 6- „ „ 31st March. 



782. tf ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft.. 3rd April. 



Occurs on passage from March till mid-May, but not so commonly as the 

 next species. 



[835.] Motacilla beema. The Indian Blue-headed Wagtail. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 56 (common in April) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. 

 p. 723 (breeds in Ladak). 



770. S ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 31st March. 



783. S ad. „ „ 3rd April. 

 68. c? ad. „ „ 17th April. 



Passes through Kohat in fair numbers from the second week in March till 

 nearly the end of May, being very common in April ; the return passage 

 lasts from August till well into October. 



[836.] Motacilla feldeggi. The Black-headed Wagtail. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 605 (Quetta : fairly common in April) ; 

 Cumming, op. cit. xvi. p. 688 (common in Seistan in April) ; Ward, op. cit. 

 xvii. p. 723 (migrates through Kashmir). 



768. c? ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 31st March. 



769. Juv. „ „ „ 



Small numbers appear towards the end of March and early in April, in 

 company with the last species. 



[837.] Motacilla citreola. The Yellow-headed Wagtail. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 723 (common on migration : a few nest 

 in Kashmir). 



727. <3 ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 23rd March. 



Occurs fairly commonly from February till nearly the end of May. 

 This species and the next are more usually to be found about marshes than 

 the preceding, and commonly roost in reed-beds, when available. None 

 were seen in autumn. 



[838.] Motacilla citreoloides. Hodgson's Yellow-headed Wagtail. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 56 (Chitral : saw a pair at 10,000 ft. in 

 July) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 723 (breeds in Kashmir). 



775. <J . Kohat, 1,760 ft., 2nd April. 



The same may be said of this species as of the last, but it is rather 

 more common. 



It may be of interest to add that this year (May and June 1909) I found 

 this species nesting freely from 8,800 to 13,000 feet in the Kaghan Valley 

 (Hazara, N. W. Frontier), north of our limits. 



Oates says of M. citreola, " the young probably assume the adult plumage 

 at the first spring mout " ; and of the present species, " the young do not 

 appear to differ in any respect from those of M. citreola" This, however, 

 appears not to be the case for I came across a number of nests and only about 



