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Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
[672.] Merula castanea. The Grey-headed Ousel. 
Rattray, J. B. N, H. S. xvi. p. 657 (abundant in the 
Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (occurs in Kash¬ 
mir in varying numbers). 
598. ? ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 18th February. 
657. S ad. Hangu, 2600 ft., 8th March. 
Fairly common from November till April in the wooded 
nullahs of the Samana in company with flocks of M. atri- 
gularis. A few individuals occur in the Miranzai Valley 
and in the orchards of Kohat in February and March. 
I met with a family-party on the 9th of August on the 
Safed Koh at 8000 feet. 
[674.] Merula fuscata. The Dusky Thrush. 
Major Magrath shot a specimen of this Thrush on the 
7th of April in his garden at Bannu ; the skin is now in 
the British Museum. On seeing it I was struck by its 
resemblance to one which Capt. Keen shot for me at Kohat 
the previous winter (22nd March, 1906), about which I 
made the following notes at the time : <s Differs from H. atri- 
gularis in the throat and cheeks being light brown tinged 
with red, turning to blackish on the upper breast.” Unfortu¬ 
nately I had no time to skin it. 
Major Magrath has sent me the following extract from 
his pocket-book made near Kohat and dated April 6th, 
1905 :—A Thrush, upper parts like M. atrigularis, abdo¬ 
men and vent white ; the throat I could not see; a broad 
buff supercilium” So it seems probable that it is also a winter 
visitor to Kohat. Oates records it as a rare winter visitor 
to North-eastern India only. 
[677.] Merula atrigularis. The Black-throated Ousel. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (very common) ; 
Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 51 (one shot in April) ; Ward, 
op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (abundant in winter). 
578. $ ad. Kohat Pass, 3000 ft., 12th February. 
These birds were abundant on the Samana and in the 
Miranzai Valley from October to the middle of April, but 
their further movements towards the plains depend a good 
