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passage) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 54 (resident in Chitral : nest 
at 12,000 ft. in July in birch-scrub) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. 
p. 484, & xviii. p. 463 (breeds in Kashmir and Baltistan). 
414. $ ad. Samana, 5600 ft., 13th December. 
A rather rare winter visitor to the Samana, occurring in 
small parties, and sometimes in flocks of forty or fifty, from 
December till April. The flocks may be easily located by 
their incessant twittering (which resembles the syllables bri-i). 
Fairly common in summer between 8000 and 9000 feet on 
the Peiwar Spur. 
[772.] IIypacanthis spinoides. The Himalayan Green¬ 
finch. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 658 (nests fairly commonly 
in the Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 484 (Kashmir : 
common up to 8000 ft.). 
409. Juv. Samana, 6500 ft., 6th December. 
A few individuals are to be found in December and 
January in company with the flocks of Goldfinches on the 
Samana near Fort Lockhart, but the bird is not at all common. 
[774.] Fringilla montifringilla. The Brambiing. 
Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 484 (passes through) ; 
Perreau, op. cit. xviii. p. 186 (one shot in Chitral). 
134. $ ad. Hangu, 2700 ft., 3rd March. 
Migrates through the District in small numbers early in 
March, associating with big flocks of Buntings. Not ob¬ 
served on the autumn passage. 
Fringilla cielers. The Chaffinch. 
135. $ ad. Hangu, 2700 ft., 3rd March. 
I came across a pair of this species in an orchard near 
Hangu in March 1906 and secured one specimen. The 
following February I saw what I feel certain was another 
(a male), but in the excitement of the moment 1 missed it 
and never saw it again. 
[775.] Gymnorhis flavicollis. The Yellow-throated 
Sparrow. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340 (Thall: rather rare). 
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