132 
Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
op. cit. xvii. p. 479 (very common in Kashmir in summer 
from 5000 to 7000 feet). 
We must have overlooked this Starling. Colonel Rattray 
records it from Thall as “ not common, but a fair number 
may be seen any day during April and May. . . . 13 
An example shot by me on the 14th of April (the last 
date on which a Starling was seen) proved to be Sturnus 
menzbieri. 
[530.] Sturnus porphyronotus. The Central Asian 
Starling. 
Watson, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 145 (in flocks in Chaman, 
near Quetta, in December) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 479 
(does not appear to breed in Kashmir) ; Perreau, op. cit. 
xviii. p. 186 (occurs in Chitral). 
62. <$ ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 4th January. 
688. ^ ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 16th March. 
719, 721. J $ ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 21st March. 
A winter visitor, not so common as the next species, 
occurring singly or in flocks, often in company with 
S. menzbieri. 
As Dr. Sharpe has pointed out to me, both Major MagratlTs 
examples from Bannu and mine from Kohat shew signs of 
the mixing of this race with some other, the head being 
generally marked in places with purple gloss. 
[532.] Sturnus menzbieri. The Common Indian Star¬ 
ling. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 339 (Thall: common in 
winter) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 49 (Chitral: common 
winter visitor); Cumming, t. c. p. 687 (probably the Starling 
which occurs in flocks in Seistan in winter) ; Ward, op. 
cit. xvii. p. 479 (the majority migrate through, a few nest). 
63. $ ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 4th January. 
117. $ ad. „ „ 13th February. 
718-720. $, $ , <?. Kohat, 1760 ft., 21st March. 
Abundant in the cold weather, arriving about the third 
week in October and leaving towards the middle of April. 
