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[Reprinted with corrections from the " Ibis " of 1909 by permission. ,1 



ON THE BIRDS OF KOHAT AND THE KURRAM VALLEY. 

 NORTHERN INDIA. 



Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead, Indian Army. 

 With an Introduction by Major H. A. F. Magrath, Indian Army. 



Part III" 



{Continued from page 799 of this Volume.) 



[946.] Gectnus squamatus. The Western Himalayan Scaly-beliied 

 Green Woodpecker. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H S. xvi. p. 57 (common in Chitral from 4,000 to 8,000 ft.) : 

 Rattray, t. c. p: 659 (common in the Murree Hills) : Ward. op. cit. xvii. p. 

 724 (widely distributed in Kashmir). 



565. 2 ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 6th February. 

 659. $ ad. Hangu, 2,500 ft., 8th March. 

 713. 6 ad. Kohat, 1,850 ft., 20th March. 



A cold-weather visitor to the District from August to the end of March ; 

 fairly common in the Miranzai Valley, but scarce near Kohat. A resident 

 on the Samana. Occurs sparingly in the Kurram Valley up to 9,000 feet. 

 I have several times seen this Woodpecker climbing up a cliff as if it were a 

 tree. 



[961.] Dendrocopus himalayensis. The Western Himalayan Pied Wood- 

 pecker. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 57 (Chitral : common from 5,000 to 11,000 ft.); 

 Rattray, t. c. p. 660 (Murree Hills : abundant) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 724 

 (common) . 



Common on the Samana from 4,500 feet upwards, and on the Safed Koh 

 up to tree-limit. 



[963.] DENDROCOPtrs sindianus. The Sind Pied Woodpecker. 

 Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 341 (Thall: not rare) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. 

 p. 351 (Quetta : common near Khojak). 



655, 656. 6 2 ad. Hangu, 2,500 ft., 8th March. 



A fairly common resident throughout the District up to 3,000 feet. Nest- 

 ing commences early in April, a mulberry-tree being usually selected for the 

 excavation. I have often observed this species in scrub-jungle some 

 distance from trees. 



''' The arrangement and nomenclature followed are those of Oates and Stan- 

 ford's " Birds" in the Fauna of British India. The numbers in square brackets 

 before each name are the same as in that work. 



