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The birds, however, staying on through March appear to 
be almost all young which have not entirely shed the face- 
feathers and nasal bristles. Oates, in the f Fauna of India/ 
writes : ee About January or when the young bird is about 
nine months old the nasal bristles are cast, and by March 
the front part of the head has become entirely denuded of 
feathers/'’ Here, neither are entirely lost till April. The 
above-mentioned examples represent the ordinary type found 
here in March. 
[6.] Corvus sharpii. Sharpens Hooded Crow. 
Corvus sharpii Oates, F. B. I., Birds, i. p. 20; Cumming, 
J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 686 (common in Tamarisk-jungle of 
Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 109 (a rare visitor to 
Kashmir). 
We have not observed the Hoodie in Kohat, but Mr. 
Donald, the Political Officer, tells me that he has met with 
one or two almost every year, generally about the grass- 
farm. This Crow is a common winter visitor to the 
Peshawar and Bannu Districts, which are better suited to 
its habits. From the latter Major Magrath has sent a 
typical specimen of the race Corvus cornix sharpii to the 
British Museum. 
[7.] Corvus splendens. The House-Crow. 
Battray, J. B. N. Ii. S. xii. p. 337 (not common at Thall); 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 109 (common in the low country). 
A resident and extremely common in summer. In mild 
winters numbers remain, but in severe weather it almost 
entirely disappears, C. macrorhynchus taking its place as the 
common cook-house scavenger. 
[9.] Corvus monedula. The Jackdaw. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 387 (rare in Thall); Ward, 
op. cit. xvii. p. 109. 
A rather rare winter visitor from December till March, 
occurring with large flocks of Rooks. Major Magrath 
noted immense flocks coming into the station on five 
consecutive evenings, just before the cold wave in January 
