130 
Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
109. ? ad. Kohat, 1700 ft., 8th February. 
A fairly common winter visitor from October to April. 
I shot an example in the Kurram Yalley at 6500 feet on 
the 2nd of May; possibly a few pairs nest up there. 
[495.] Pericrocotus brevirostris. The Short-hilled 
Minivet. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 49 (Chitral: summer 
visitor, nesting commonly from 7000 to 9000 ft.) ; Rattray, 
t. c. p. 426 (nests freely in Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. 
xvii. p. 479 (breeds in Kashmir). 
A common winter visitor to the District from the end of 
September to April. Nests freely on the Safed Koh 
between 6000 and 8000 feet. Captain Keen observed a few 
on the Samana all through the summer, and believes that 
they nested there. An example collected by Major Magrath 
in Bannu, and now in the National Collection, is typical. 
[500.] Pericrocotus peregrinus. The Small Minivet. 
Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 479. 
Very rare. I came across a pair in some camel-thorn- 
scrub (Acacia modesta ), three miles west of Makhud on the 
Indus, but unfortunately failed to secure them. It is a 
bird I know well, however, having frequently met with it 
near Raw r al Pindi (100 miles east), and I have also shot it 
there. 
[518.] Oriolus kundoo. The Indian Oriole. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 338 (common on migra¬ 
tion) ; Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 602 (a summer visitor to 
Quetta) ; Watson, op. cit. xv. p. 145 (Quetta: common in 
gardens, mostly immature); Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 49 (very 
common in summer in Chitral up to 8000 ft.) ; Rattray, 
t. c. p. 426 (common near Murree at 5500 ft.) ; Ward, op. 
cit. xvii. p. 479 (breeds in Kashmir up to 6000 ft.). 
A large number pass through Kohat in April and the 
beginning of May, returning in August and September : 
many breed in the orchards of the Kurram Yalley, a few 
also in Kohat. 
