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it ; on one occasion the bird shot down just in front of me to take 

 a Starling flying in to roost, and started to tear it up close by, giving me 

 a splendid view through my glasses. Mr. Donald says that he has met 

 with this species in Kohat in most months of the year. He has a great 

 opinion of its courage, and has trained it to take Rollers (a bird a great deal 

 bigger than itself), while he has known a pair to tackle a Blue Rock-Pigeon. 

 It is a fairly common resident, he says, in the adjoining districts of Pesha- 

 war and Mianwali. Major Magrath has also found it not uncommon in 

 Bannu. The wide open plains of these districts are more to its liking than 

 the confined valleys of Kohat. 



[1265.] Tinnunculus alaudarius. The Kestrel. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xn. p. 344 (a common resident at Thall) ; 

 Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 352 (Quetta : common ; found many nests) ; Fulton, 

 op. cit. xvi. p. 60 (Chitral : a very common resident from 4,000 ft. upwards ; 

 one seen at 18,000 ft.) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 663 (common in the Murree Hills) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 729. 



753. S • Kohat, 1,760 ft., 27th March. 



764. cJ . „ „ 23rd March. 



Common in winter ; a resident on the Samana • and in the Kurram 

 and Miranzai Valleys (nesting regularly at Thall, 2,550 ft., and Hangu, 

 2,700 ft.). 



[1292.] Columba intermedia. The Indian Blue Rock-Pigeon. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 344 (Thall : common in winter) ; Marshall, 

 op. cit. xv. p. 352 (a resident, at Quetta) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi p. 60 (Chitral: 

 resident, occurring up to 10,000 ft.) ; dimming, t. c. p. 691 (occurs in 

 Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 943 (Kashmir). 



Occurs in large flocks in the District from August to April. A few appear 

 to be resident round Thall, but the great majority leave in April. Colonel 

 Rattray, in his article referred to above, says that " they were breeding in 

 hundreds in a cliff near the Fort. About the middle of April they all 

 disappeared suddenly." On the 19th of May, 1907, however, I found some 

 still about the cliffs at Thall. 



[1293.] Columba livia. The Blue Rock-Pigeon. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 344 (Thall : large flocks occur in winter) ; 

 Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 352 (Quetta) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 943 (the 

 common Pigeon of Kashmir). 



Occurs with flocks of the last species in winter, but is much less common. 

 Never observed in separate flocks. 



[1295.] Columba eversmanni. The Eastern Stock-Dove. 



Cumming, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 691 (Seistan : April) ; Ward, op. cit. 

 xvii. p. 943 (Kashmir : rare, occurs on migration). 



Migrates through Kohat in the latter half of April in small flocks which 

 feed chiefly on the mulberries that are then ripening. Less wary than 





