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1 always found this species on the open hill-sides, and not amongst jungle. 



It breeds in the more open nullahs during June and July. I obtained four 



nests with eggs, the female in each case being shot on leaving the eggs. 

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Major Magrath procured several examples at Bannu. 



[1090.] Caprimulgtjs monticola. Franklin's Nightjar. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 343 (ThaU). 



The following details are again taken from notes made by Colonel Rattray 

 at Thall : — " Common and a permanent resident. I found it breeding 

 plentifully ; all the eggs that I procured from five nests were laid without any 

 depression, and were extremely highly coloured, being almost brick-red." 



[1092.] Caprimulgtjs Europe tts. The common Nightjar. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 343 (Thall : commonest Nightjar in summer ; 

 found ten nests) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 351 (fairly common at Quetta 

 summer) ; Rattray, op. cit. xvi. p. (661 not common in the Murree 

 Hills). 



Passes through Kohat in spring and autumn, and nests commonly in the 

 scrub-jungle around Thall. I shot several examples. 



[1104.] Cuculus canorus. The Common Cuckoo. 



Marshall, J.B.N.H.S. xv. p. 351 (Quetta: very common in March and April); 

 Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 58 (Chitral : fairly common in summer) ; Rattray, 

 t. c. p. 661 (abundant in the Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p.726; Mag- 

 rath, op. cit. xviii. p. 296 (abundant at Thandiani, 9,000 ft., Hazara District). 



The familiar call of the Cuckoo is heard in Kohat from early in April till 

 nearly the middle of May. The bird is found up to the tree-limit on the 

 Safed Koh, but is rather scarce. It continues calling there till well past 

 the middle of July. 



Major Magrath (1. c.) records his finding blue Cuckoo's eggs. 



[1118.] Coccystes jacobinus. The Pied Crested Cuckoo. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 726 (Kashmir : not common, but several 

 specimens were procured in the Valley). 



Occurs rarely during the autumn migration. I have met with it on three 

 occasions in August and September. 



[1120.] Eudynamis honorata. The Indian Koel. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 726. 



I cannot do better than quote the following notes made by Major 

 Magrath : — " A summer visitor in small numbers, much to the annoyance of 

 C'orvus splendens. In the early summer of 1905 there were probably not 

 more than half a dozen birds in the station, but they made enough noise for 

 a hundred. I picked up a dead fledgling in the month of August." 



Arrives in Kohat about the middle of May. 



[1138.] Pal^eornis torquatus. The Rose-ringed Parroquet. 

 Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 727. 



