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SOME NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF THE KAGHAN 



VALLEY, HAZARA DISTRICT, N.-W. 



FRONTIER PROVINCE. 



BY 



Capt. C. H. T. Whitehead. 



Colonel Buchanan, C.B., has already given a veiy long list of the 

 birds of Hazara in the interesting Gazelteer of that District ; but^ as 

 he did not visit the Kaghan, a certain number of species more or 

 less confined to that valley were omitted. I append : — 

 I. — Additions to the above list. 



II. — Some nesting and other notes on some of the species met 

 with. 



The Kaghan Valley is the most northern strip of British India. 

 It lies to the north of Abbottabad wedged between Kashmir on the 

 east and Tribal territory on the west, varying in elevation from 

 3,000 to over 17,000 feet, and is some 60 miles in length. The 

 mule road from Abbottabad to Chilas and Gilgit traverses it. 



The numbers in front of the scientific names refer to " The Fauna 

 of British India Birds,'' by Oates and Blanford. 



155 species were met with in all between 17th May and the 

 31st July (viz., a month in 1908, 7 weeks in 1909, 6 weeks in 

 1912), but as most of my time was spent above 9,000 feet, many 

 must have been missed. 



Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker and Doctor C. B. Ticehurst have very 

 kindly identified my specimens at the British Museum and Tring. 



I. 



Additions to Colonel Buchanan's List of the Birds of Hazara. 

 38. JEffithaliscus niveigularis , — White-throated Tit. 

 199. Hodgsonius 2'>JioR'nicuroides. — Hodgson's Short-wing. 

 283. Molpastes intermedia. — Punjab Red-vented Bulbul. 



(Common in Abbottabad). 

 352. Anorthura neglecta. — Kashmir Wren. 

 363. Acrocephalus stentoTeus. — The Indian Great Reed- Warbler. 



366. Acrocephalus dumetorum. — Biyth's Reed- Warbler. 



(Noted in Abbottabad, May 16th). 



367. Acrocephalus agricola. — Paddy Field Reed- Warbler. 

 369. Tribura major. — The Large-billed Bush- Warbler. 



405. Thylloscopus affinis. — Tickell's Willow- Warbler. 



406. Phylloscopus tytleri. — Tytler's Willow- Warbler. 



416. Phylloscopus subviridis. — The Brooks's Willow Warbler. 



519. Oriolus galbula. — The European Oriole. 



(Recorded by Rattray from the Galis, see Vol. XVI (3), p. 406.) 



589. Alseonax rujicaudus. — The Red-tailed Flycatcher. 



639. Ruticilla frontalis . — The Blue-fronted Red-start; 



651. Calliope pectoralis. — The Himalayan Ruby-throat. 



654, lanthia rufilata. — The Red-flanked Bush-Robin. 



