yOTES ox THE BIRDS OF AM BALA DISTRICT, PUNJAB. (J81 



POo. Tho Kashmir Martin — C/ielidon /cashniripn.nii, CJonld. 



1 obtained a male at Chandigluir on l;jth Fobrnary when tho 

 species was abundant. On 5th March 1 saw a party of Swal- 

 lows in a valley by Kalka which appeared to bo of this species. 



800.* Tho Indian Sand Martin — Col He sinimsis (Gray.) 



B«avan says : " I observed this species in some abundance on 

 the 1st April 1S(!(>, when on the March from Ambala to Kalka and 

 within some 10 or li' miles of the latter place.'' This j^robably refers 

 to Mubariqpur where I found tho species common in November 

 and February : in the latter month it was breeding in the 

 sandy banks of the (ihagger near the Rest House and I obtain- 

 ed eggs and skins. Sand Martins were common and widely 

 distributed in tho district throughout the cold weather. 



810. The Crag Martin — Pti/onoprof/he rupp^tris (Scop.) 



A party of Martins, which 1 believe to have been of this 

 species, were frequenting the Kasauli Road, above the water- 

 works, on both the 6th and 10th March when I passed along, 



811. The Dusky Crag Martin — Ptj/anopror/ne concolor (Sykes.) 



Some were flying about the Bazaar at Chichrowli on Soth 

 November, and a solitary specimen was observed by the canal 

 at Kamalpur on loth December. 



{To be continued.) 



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