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Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
X.— On the Birds of Kohat and Kurram, Northern India. 
By Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead, Indian Army. With an 
Introduction by Major H. A. F. Magrath, Indian Army. 
—Part II *. 
[558.] PIemichelidon sibirica. The Sooty Flycatcher. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 50 (Chitral, 4000 ft.) ; 
Rattray, t. c. p. 427 (common above 8000 ft. on Murree 
Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 479. 
250. S ad. Kohat, 1768 ft., 9th May. 
Capt. Keen shot this bird in our garden on the 8th of 
May. In the course of the following week I came across 
several more. It nests commonly in the forests ot‘ the Safed 
Koh up to tree-limit. 
[561.] Siphia parva. The European Red-breasted 
Flycatcher. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (Quetta : common 
in April) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 50 (common in Low r er 
Chitral in winter, leaving in mid-April). 
7J5. <$ ad. Kohat, 1768 ft., 20th March. 
Major Magrath has made the following notes on this 
species:—“A winter visitor abundantly reinforced during 
the spring migration. The rush north-west is at its height in 
the middle of April and continues till the end of the month. 
The last birds remain till well into May. The adult males are 
the first to leave, the females and immature birds following 
two or three weeks later. The return migration commences 
in October. Few examples with chestnut breasts are to be 
seen at this season. This Flycatcher constantly descends to 
the ground to take its prey. 5 '’ 
In autumn I have seen it as early as Sept. 13th. We 
did not meet with a single adult male in winter, the first 
appearing about the middle of March. 
* Continued from above, p. 134. The arrangement and nomenclature 
followed are those of Oates and Blanford’s u Birds ” in the 1 Fauna of 
British India.’ The numbers in square brackets before each name 
are the same as in that work. 
