226 
Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
January and March : Chaman) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 482 
(breeds in Kashmir). 
407. Ad. Samana, 6000 ft., 2nd. December. 
A winter visitor to the Samana (above 4000 feet) in small 
numbers ; it frequents scrub-jungle, and is generally solitary ; 
it is perhaps commoner than it appears to be, but it is 
such a terrible skulker one rarely gets more than a glimpse 
of it. 
Nests fairly commonly on the Safed Koh, between 9000 
and 12,000 feet, both in the forest and in Juniper-scrub. 
The alarm-note resembles the syllable tir-r-r. 
[722.] Ploceus bengalensis. The Black-throated 
Weaver-bird. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340. 
We have not met with this species in Kohat, but 
Col. Rattray records it from Tkall, and writes as follows :— 
“ Appeared suddenly about the beginning of June in all the 
reed-patches on the river-banks ; they fly about in flocks of 
twenty or thirty birds. On 25th June, 1898, I found a nest 
containing three eggs much incubated . . . 
Mr. Donald, the Political Officer, observed a flock in the 
reeds near Thall in March. Probably a resident species, 
moving locally up and down the river. 
[734.] Ukoloncha malabarica. The White-throated 
Munia. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340 (not common); Fulton, 
op. cit. xvi. p. 52 (summer visitor up to 4000 ft.: Chitral) ; 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 483 (occurs in Kashmir). 
A resident in the plains; abundant in summer, but be¬ 
coming scarce in winter. 
[758.] SroRiEGiNTHUs amandava. The Indian Red 
Munia. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340; Ward, op. cit. xvii. 
p. 483 (occurs in Jammu). 
Colonel Rattray met with a few flocks of this species on 
the j heels (marshes) and amongst high grass near Thall. 
Mr. Donald, the Political Officer, who passes through Thall 
