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Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
common, too, in the Miranzai Valley in winter, wherever 
there is plenty of scrub-jungle. Not observed in the 
Kurram Valley. 
[139.] Pyctorhis sinensis. The Yellow-eyed Babbler. 
Major Magrath has met with parties of this Babbler in the 
sugar-cane fields and reed-beds of Bannu. An example shot 
by him is now in the National Collection. 
[187.] Myiophoneus temmincki. The Himalayan 
Whistling-Thrush. 
Battray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 338 (common in winter: 
Thall) ; Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 602 (Quetta: 7000 ft. in 
May) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 47 (common in Lower 
Chitral) ; Battray, t. c. p. 422 (common in Murree Hills); 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 110. 
A fairly common winter visitor from mid-September till 
mid-April, rather rare round Kohat, but common in the 
Miranzai and Samilzai Valleys and on the Samana. A 
resident in the Kurram Valley, nesting between 6000 and 
8000 feet. Usually found about cliffs and groves near water, 
but sometimes in very dry shadeless spots some distance 
from water. 
[191.] Larvivora brunnea. The Indian Blue-Chat. 
Battray, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 423 (common at Murree); 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 110 (nests in Kashmir up to 8000 ft.). 
Occurs in summer along the lower slopes of the Sated 
Koh between 6500 and 8000 ft., but is not common except 
in one or two secluded glens. Very shy, has a rich but 
quite short song. 
[226.] Zosterops palpebrosa. The Indian White-eye. 
774. S ad. Kachai, 2700 ft., 1st April. 
A cold-weather visitor to the District, the first parties 
arriving in August, but it does not become common till 
October, and leaves toward the middle of April. Possibly a 
resident on the Samana: a party of eight or nine stayed 
there during the winter of 1906-07, in spite of frequent 
