92 Major H. A. F. Magrath on the 
and Phylloscopus subviridis ,besides obtaining some interesting 
mammals. His most important discovery, however, was a 
new race of Anorthura procured at 10,000 feet on the Safed 
Koh. To this bird he has very generously done me the 
honour of giving my name, an honour quite undeserved, which 
has made me insist on the trivial name of “ Whitehead’s 
Wren” for that species. 
With the kind assistance of Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and 
Mr. Charles Chubb I was enabled to work out, at the British 
Museum, the skins procured by Whitehead on this trip, in 
addition to those previously collected in Kohat. 
During my absence on leave my regiment had marched 
in course of relief to Bannu, the district which borders the 
Kohat District to the south. My official connexion with 
Kohat was therefore, much to my regret (especially as I 
could no longer pursue my ornithological studies there), 
severed. Passing through Kohat Station on my return 
from leave, Whitehead met me with the interesting news 
that he had a few days previously shot a Waxwing (Ampelis 
(jarrulas) i another new bird for India. 
In April 1907, availing myself of three months 5 privilege- 
leave and Whitehead at the same time obtaining a year’s 
furlough, we decided to take a trip together to the Kurram 
Valley before he went home, in order to add, if possible, to 
the knowledge gained in the previous year. We met at 
Thall on the 15th of April and there awaited the sanction of 
the Political Agent of the Kurram Valley to our proposed 
expedition in the territory under his administration. The 
number of the smaller Passerine birds migrating up the valley 
at the time was very great, and we had plenty to interest us 
in this unusual leave-resort. The officer commanding the 
Post, Lieut. Wolley, with his wonted hospitality, invited us 
to consider ourselves honorary members of his little mess, 
which privilege we were only too glad to avail ourselves of. 
In due course the Political Officer’s permit arrived, but it 
was so hampered by restrictions that we had to abandon 
our original intention of working slowly up the valley and 
proceed direct to Parachinar, the headquarters of the Agency, 
