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615. $ ad. Lachi, 1540 ft., 26th February. 
704. $ ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 18th March. 
737. ? ad. ,, „ 25th March. 
A winter visitor, abundant from November till March. 
By the end of the latter month it is entirely replaced by the 
next species, which arrives in the second week in March. 
[861.] Alauda gulgula. The Indian Sky-Lark. 
Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 724 (reported from the Jammu 
plains). 
695. <$. Lachi, 1540 ft., 17th March. 
728. $ . Kohat, 1760 ft., 23rd March. 
752. $. „ „ 27th March. 
A summer visitor, nesting freely on the grass-farm. It can 
be distinguished from A. arvensis by the harsh note uttered 
on rising and by the song, which is not so rich as that of 
the latter. 
862. Calandrella brachydactyla. The Short-toed 
Lark. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 605 (abundant from winter 
till May 1st) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 56 (Chitral : many 
pass through in October). 
613. ? . Lachi, 1540 ft., 26tli February. 
621. (J. Kohat, 1760 ft., 29th February. 
730,731. $ (J. Kohat, 1760 ft., 23rd March. 
Occurs commonly in Kohat and the Kurram Valley from 
the last week in February till the middle of April (last seen 
on the 19th), and returns in small numbers in September. 
[864.] Calandrella tibetana .—Major Magrath shot an 
example of this species at Bannu in December 1907. It has 
now been found to occur in Kohat; fairly common in spring. 
[869.] Miraera cantillans. The Singing Bush-Lark. 
266. ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 19th May. 
Fairly numerous from the middle of May till September 
about grassy and bush-covered plains. Not observed in the 
Kurram Valley, though fairly common at Thall at the 
entrance. A most energetic songster; many of its notes 
seem to be borrowed from Argija caudata. 
