50 Lieut. R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay’s 
tinually on the watch to drive them off. The natives also 
say that the Bee-eaters do not remain long ; so that it is pos- 
sible that they may go elsewhere to breed. 
(123) Coractas indicus (Linn.). 
I did not obtain specimens, but am nearly certain that the 
bird in the Hariab district is referable to this species, and 
not to C. garrulus. It was not common, 
(186) Curve rupis (Linn.). 
I have never seen a Kingfisher of any sort in any part of 
the Hariab valley, although streams are numerous and fish 
abound. ‘This species, however, is common on the Kurrum 
river. 
(154) Picus HIMALAYENSIS. 
Picus himalayensis, J. & 8. Il. Orn. pl. 116. 
Afghan examples agree with Himalayan. This is the only 
Woodpecker that I found in the Hariab district, where it 
was very abundant and breeding. The young birds had flown 
by the beginning of June. 
(199) CucuLus canorus, Linn. 
The European Cuckoo was exceedingly abundant in the 
Hariab valley, arriving about the beginning of May. I did 
not hear it myself before the 15th of that month. 
(243) CERTHIA HIMALAYANA. 
Certhia himalayana, Vigors, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 174. 
The Barred-tailed Tree-creeper of the Safed-Koh appears 
to agree best with the above species; but its coloration is 
generally more grey and less rufous, and the tips of some of 
the primaries are white and not rufous. These distinctions, 
Mr. Dresser has, I think, satisfactorily shown (B. of E. pt. xxx.), 
will not hold good. Mr. Brooks (J. A. 8. B. 1872, p. 74) de- 
seribes his Certhia hodgsont as differing from C. familiaris, 
Linn., in much the same details as my Afghan bird differs 
from C. himalayana, Vigors. 
The Tree-creeper was common enough on the Peiwar range 
and on the adjoiing slopes of the Safed-Koh, where it was 
evidently breeding in June. 
