2. COTILE. 105 



Hirundo minuta, Hoclgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. 3Ius., Passeres, pi. 9. fig. 2 



(no. 3.3.3) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844). 

 Hirundo subsoccata, Hudqs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 9. 



fig. 1 (no. 3.32) ; id. in' Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844). 

 Cotyle sinensis, Gray, Cat. Fissir. Brit. 3fus. p. 30 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 342 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Hirimd. Philad. Mus. p. 12 (1853) ; 



Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 96 (1854) ; Jerd. B. 



Ind.'i. p. 164 (1862), iii. p. 875 (1864) ; Sioinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 259, 



1866, p. 134: Blyth, t. c. p. 338; Beavan, Ibis, 18H9, p. 404; 



Godivin-Amten, J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. p. 266 (1870) ; Swinh. 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 347 ; Adam, Sir. F. 1873, p. 370 ; Hume, Sir. F. 



1874, p. 469, 1875, p. 452 ; Bh/t/i ^- Wald. B. Btirm. p. 127 (1875) ; 



Fairb. Str. F. 1876, p. 254 ; Butler, Sfr. F. 1877, p. 227 ; David 



<§• Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 128 (1877) ; Anders. Rep. Zool. E.iped. 



Yun-nan, Birds, p. 651 (1878) ; Hume ^- Davison, Str. F. 1878, 



p. 45 ; Davids. 8,- Wend. Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 76 ; Ball, t. c. 



p. 202 ; Cripps, t. c. p. 257 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 84 ; Sadly, t. c. 



p. 234; Doig, t. c. p. 370; Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. p. 13 (1879) ; 



id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 14 (1880) ; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. 



Sind, p. 103 (1884). 

 Cotyle subsoccata, Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 495, 1859, p. 176 ; Jerd. 



B. Ind. i. p. 163 (1862) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 338 ; Jerd. Ibis, 



1871, p. 353. 

 Cotyle riparia {nee L.), Sivinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 328, 1863, p. 89. 

 Cotile sinensis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 73, no. 865 (1869) ; Hume, 



Nests and Eqgs Ind. B. p. 82 ; id. Str. F. 1873, p. 164 ; Gates, B, 



Brit. Burm'.i. p. 309 (1883). 

 Cotile subsoccata, Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 82 (1873). 

 Cotile obscurior, Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 43. 

 ? Cotyle obsoleta, Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 599 (1879). 



Adult male. General colour above glossy brown, rather paler 

 towards the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wings a little darker 

 brown than the back, with edgings of slightly paler brown, as well 

 as on the inner secondaries ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 

 quills dark brown ; tail-feathers dark brown ; lores, feathers round 

 the eye, and ear-coverts brown ; throat and breast ashy brown ; 

 lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; flanks sHghtly 

 washed with brown ; thighs brown ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts brown like the breast but a little darker ; quills dusky 

 below, rather browner along the inner webs : " bill black ; gape 

 pale fleshy ; iris dark brown ; feet dusky brownish, claws dusky " 

 (Scully). Total length 3"9 inches, culmen 0*25, wing 3"45, tail 1"6, 

 tarsus 0-4. 



Adult female. Like the male in plumage. Total length 4 inches, 

 culmen 0-25, wing 3'3, tail 1"55, tarsus 0"35. 



Younrj. Much lighter brown than the adults, and shaded with 

 sandy rufous, all the feathers broadly edged with the latter colour, 

 producing a nearly uniform rufous appearance on the lower back 

 and rump ; underneath, the portions of the throat and breast which 

 are brown in the adult are pale sandy rufous. 



Hah. From Scinde throughout the greater part of India, probably 

 extending to Ceylon ; eastwards ranging through Assam, the Burmese 

 countries, and .Southern China. Philippines. 



