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Major Magrath, who forwarded the skin to the Secretary of the Bombay- 

 Natural History Society. Mr. Donald flushed another on the grass-farm. 



[1545.] Platalea letjcorodia. The Spoonbill. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 347 (Thall : a big flock at the end of May). 



I came across four Spoonbills on the grass-farm on the 30th of May, 

 1906. The following year, on the 30th of April, Major Magrath and I 

 were standing on the Peivvar Kotal (8,200 feet) when a flock of about 

 twenty came up from the Kurram and passed close overhead ; but appa- 

 rently not relishing the strong north-west wind which met them as they 

 topped the Kotal (i.e. pass), they wheeled round and new back down the 

 valley. 



[1546.] Cioonia alba. The White Stork. 



Occurs regularly on the spring migration either singly or in small parties. 

 In the Kurram Valley we saw a flock of some two hundred near Dandar on 

 the 20th of April. Single individuals continue to pass through up till the 

 end of May. 



[1547.] CioOiSriA nigra. The Black Stork. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii., p. 947 (occurs early in spring in Kashmir). 



Not common ; but small flocks are seen every winter from January till the 

 end of March. 



[1554.] Ardea manillensis. The Eastern Purple Heron. 



I flushed three individuals out of the Lachi reed-bed on the 20th of May 

 1906. Major Magrath and I also came on a small flock in the reeds at 

 Dandar in the Kurram Valley in April 1907. These are the only occasions 

 on which we have met with this Heron. 



[1555.] Ardea cinerea. The Common Heron. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 347 (Thall: one or two always about); 

 Marshall, op. cit. xv., p. 354 (Quetta : common, especially in March) ; 

 Fulton, op. cit. xvi., p. 63 (only a few seen in Chitral) ; Cumming, t. c, p. 696 

 (common in Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 947 (abdundant in the Vale of 

 Kashmir) . 



Fairly common in suitable places, especially along the Kurram River, 

 Probably a resident species. 



[1559.] Herodias alba. The Large Egret. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii., p. 347 (Thall) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 354 

 Quetta : fairly common in February) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii., p. 947 (Kashmir). 



Colonel Rattray writes : — " A few birds appeared at Thall in the middle 

 of May for a day or two ; one was shot and brought to me, it was in splendid 

 breeding-plumage." 



We have not met with this species ourselves in Kohat, though Major 

 Magrath has found it quite common in Bannu in winter. 



[1565.] Ardeola ojrayi. The Pond-Heron. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii., p. 947 (breeds in Kashmir). 





