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Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
[647.] Cyanecula suecica. The Bluethroat. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (common in March 
and April at Quetta) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 51 (common 
in September and October) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 481 
(common in Kashmir). 
Passes through the District and up the Kurram Valley in 
large numbers from March till the end of May. The return 
passage, commencing in the last week of August, is at its 
height in September. A certain number of immature birds 
winter in Kohat, and are then chiefly found in the reed- 
beds. 
[654.] Ianthia rufilata. The Bed-flanked Bush-Robin. 
Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 481, & xviii. p. 462 (breeds 
in Kashmir). 
95. ? ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 21st January. 
669. <£ ad. Kachai, 2700 ft., 12th March. 
A rare winter visitor to the Samana and the orchards of 
Kohat and Miranzai. Capt. Keen was the first to meet 
with it. Fairly numerous on the wooded slopes of the 
Safed Koh from 8000 to 10,000 feet in summer. The call- 
note resembles the syllable prot, the mate answering ee (both 
notes are used by the two sexes). 
[657.1 Adelura casruleicephala. The Blue-headed 
Robin. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 51 (resident: Chitral) ; 
Raitray, t. c. p. 428 (very rare, nests in holes in stumps : 
Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p, 481 (occurs in April: 
Kashmir). 
A winter visitor to the District from December till mid- 
March, and to the Samana from the first week in November 
till the end of March, but in varying numbers. In 1906 
and 1907 it was fairly common, but in 1908 I only met with 
one specimen. Usually frequents olive-groves and gardens, 
and on the Samana scrub-jungle. In the woods of the 
Safed Koh, however, it is abundant in summer from 7500 to 
12,000 feet. It has the tame and confiding habits of the 
Redbreast, and the same way of quivering the tail. The 
