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Birds of Kohat and Kurram. 
deal on the weather. In the severe winter of 1904—05 Major 
Magrath noted them at Kohat in large numbers as early as 
December, but in the following year, which was mild, we did 
not observe them till February, and then only a few. 
Not met with in the Kurram Valley. 
[691.] Petrophila cinclorhyncha. The Blue-headed 
Rock-Thrush. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 51 (shot one in May : 
Chitral); Rattray, t. c. p. 657 (nests freely round Murree) ; 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (plentiful in Kashmir). 
A rare cold-weather visitor to the District from September 
till May. A few nest on the Safed Koh. 
[693.] Petrophila cyanus. The Western Blue Rock- 
Thrush. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (a fairly common 
summer visitor) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 51 (a summer 
visitor, not common) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 657 (rare: Murree 
Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (occurs in summer). 
A rather scarce winter visitor from October till mid-April, 
keeping almost entirely to low rocky hills and generally 
seen singly or in pairs. Breeds on the Samana and in the 
Kurram Valley above 5000 feet. 
[694.] Monticola saxatilis. The Rock-Thrush. 
Marshall, J.B.N. H. S. xiv. p. 603 (one in January and one 
in April) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 52 (shot two in autumn); 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (occurs in Baltistan in summer). 
I have only once met with this species, and that was on 
the 6th of September in a stony valley near Kohat, when 
the autumn migration was at its height. I got a good view 
of it through my glasses, but unfortunately did not secure it. 
[695.] Turdus viscivorus. The Missel-Thrush. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604, & xv. p. 355 (a 
resident in the hills round Quetta); Fulton, op. cit. xvi. 
p. 52 (resident in Chitral) ; Ward, op. cit. xviii. p. 482 
(resident and common). 
In the severe weather of January 1905, Major Magrath 
