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Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
This was the only example secured, hut, owing to its close 
resemblance to the following species, the bird has probably 
been overlooked. 
[625.] Saxicola isabellina. The Isabelline Chat. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 339 (Thall : found a nest 
at 4000 ft.) ; Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 603 (common in 
summer, nesting down holes) ; Cumming, op. cit. xvi. p. 688 
(Seistan : fairly common in spring) ; Betham, t. c. p. 748 
(Quetta: numerous, nesting in rat-holes) ; Ward, op. cit. 
xvii. p. 481 (Baltistan). 
A common cold-weather visitor to the desert parts of the 
District from August till April. 
[626.] Saxicola deserti. The Desert Wheatear. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603, & xv. p. 355 
(Quetta : found a nest with young in a bank) ; Cumming, 
op. cit. xvi. p.688 (one shot in January); Ward, op. cit. 
xvii. p. 481, & xviii. p. 462 (occurs in Kashmir in spring 
and in Ladak in summer). 
618. $ ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 28th February. 
Fairly common from November till thethird week in March, 
but not such an exclusive haunter of the desert as some of 
its allies, being frequently met with about cultivated lands. 
[628.] Saxicola chrysopygia. The Bed-tailed Chat. 
Watson, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 145 (shot in September near 
Chaman) ; Perreau, op. cit. xviii. p. 186 (Chitral). 
Common in the cold weather from September to mid- 
April about low stony hills. 
[638.] Chimarrhornis leucocephalus, The White- 
capped Redstart. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340 (January) ; Fulton, 
op. cit. xvi. p. 744 (rather rare) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 481 
(common in Kashmir). 
Occurs in the Miranzai Valley from Raisan upwards from 
October to the middle of April, but is somewhat rare. 
Abundant, however, in summer along the torrents of the Safed 
Koh up to tree-limit. 
