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Birds of Kohat and Kurram. 
[1192.] Gyps fulvus. The Griffon Vulture. 
Rattray, J. 13. N. H. S. xii. p. 343 (Thall: common); 
Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 351 (Quetta : very common) ; 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 728 (breeds in colonies and is 
resident). 
Common throughout the District, especially on the 
Samana, where it breeds and is resident. Observed in the 
Kurram Valley up to 8500 feet. 
[1196.] Pseudogyps bengalensis. The Indian White- 
backed Vulture. 
Battray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 343; Ward, op. cit. xvii. 
p. 728 (rare in Kashmir). 
Colonel Rattray recorded this species from Thall, and 
made the following notes on it :—“ Common on the plains 
round Thall ; they were feeding on the dead transport 
animals all along the road from Kohat to Thall.” This 
was during the Tirah Campaign of 1897-98, which doubtless 
attracted them to our part of the country, where in times 
of peace they are unknown. The nearest place where I 
have seen them is at Rawal Pindi, a hundred miles east 
of our limits, where, in October 1905, on the occasion of 
thirteen mules being shot, a great number, in company 
with Gyps fulvus and Neophron percnopterus , assembled in 
anticipation of the feast. 
[1197.] Neophron percnopterus. The Egyptian 
Vulture. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 343 (Thall) ; Marshall, 
op. cit. xv. p. 351 (Quetta : common in summer); Fulton, 
op. cit. xvi. p. 59 (Chitral: summer visitor from March till 
September) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 662 (common in the Murree 
Hills) ; Gumming, t. e. p. 691 (occasionally seen in Seistan); 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 728. 
The common Scavenger Vulture of the District. A 
resident everywhere, except on the Samana and in the 
Kurram Valley, which it leaves on the approach of winter, 
returning early in March with Passer domesticus. Scarce 
