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Birds of Koliat and Kurram. 
[1546.] Ciconia alba. The White Stork. 
Occurs regularly on the spring migration either singly or in 
small parties. In the Kurram Valley we saw a flock of some 
two hundred near Dandar on the 20th of April. Single 
individuals continue to pass through up till the end of May. 
[1547.] Ciconia nigra. The Black Stork. 
Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 947 (occurs early in spring 
in Kashmir). 
Not common; but small flocks are seen every winter 
from January till the end of March. 
[1554.] Ardfa manillensis. The Eastern Purple Heron. 
I flushed three individuals out of the Lachi reed-bed on 
the 20th of May, 1906, while Major Magrath and I came on 
a small flock in the reeds at Dandar in the Kurram Valley 
in April 1907. These are the only occasions on which we 
have met with this Heron. 
[1555.] Ardea cinerea. The Common Heron. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 347 (Thall: one or two 
always about) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 354 (Quetta: com¬ 
mon, especially in March) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 63 (only 
a few seen in Chitral) ; Cumming, t. c. p. 696 (common in 
Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 947 (abundant in the Vale 
of Kashmir). 
Fairly common in suitable places, especially along the 
Kurram River. Probably a resident species. 
[1559.] Herodias alba. The Large Egret. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 347 (Thall); Marshall, op. 
cit. xv. p. 354 (Quetta : fairly common in February); Ward, 
op. cit. xvii. p. 947 (Kashmir). 
Colonel Rattray writes A few birds appeared at Thall 
in the middle of May for a day or two; one was shot and 
brought to me, it was in splendid breeding-plumageV 
We have not met with this species ourselves in Kohat, 
though Major Magrath has found it quite common in 
Bannu in winter. 
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