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Birds of Kohat and Karr am. 
monthly on tour, tells me he has observed docks in the 
reeds there at all seasons, and in August has seen parents 
going about with newly-fledged families. 
[740.] Coccothraustes humii. Hume's Hawfinch. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 52 (shot 2 in May at 
4000 ft.: Chitral). 
50. $ ad. Baisan, 2360 ft., 25th December. 
85. S ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 14th January. 
638. <$ a( i. Hangu, 2700 ft., 3rd March. 
A winter visitor to the District in fair numbers from 
October till mid-April, being especially common in the 
Miranzai Valley, but rare on the Samana. It generally 
occurs in small parties about wild olive-groves, orchards, and 
gardens, feeding on berries, seeds, and the kernels of fruit- 
stones. The call-note, which is frequently uttered, is a shrill 
tee, not at all what might be expected from such a big bird. 
I met with a party of five on the 5th of May at 9000 feet 
on the Peiwar Spur; possibly the bird nests about there. 
[741.] Pycnorhamphus icteroides. The Black-and- 
Yellow Grosbeak. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 657 (common : Murree 
Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 484 (abundant) ; Perreau, 
op. cit. xviii. p. 186 (Chitral). 
671, 672. c? <$ ad. Hangu, 2700 ft., 12th March. 
A common bird on the wooded slopes of the Safed Koh 
from 7000 to 11,000 feet, but shy, and its loud call-note, 
preter-pre, is more often beard than the bird seen. A few 
occasionally descend to the Miranzai Valley in winter. 
[743.] Pycnohhamphus carneipes. The White-winged 
Grosbeak. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (common in the 
hills round Quetta) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 486, & xviii. 
p. 462 (resident, but scarce). 
301. £ ad. Safed Koh, 8500 ft., 7th July. 
Not nearly so common as the last species, but much bolder 
and less of a forest-bird, keeping more to the Juniper-scrub 
between 8000 and 12,000 feet. Frequently to be seen 
