to ' The Birds of India.' 353 



bottom of the cave ; and a greater deviation from this will be 

 noticed further on. 



I found this Swallow exceedingly abundant in parts of the 

 North-west Provinces of India, less so perhaps in the Pun- 

 jab. I found it breeding on bridges over the Ganges canal, 

 and on the great Solani aqueduct close to Roorkee ; I also, to 

 my surprise, found it breeding under an archway in the town 

 of Dehra Doon. Mr. Hume says that "it abounds wherever 

 there is water, cliffs, or ruined buildings." I never saw it in 

 Kashmir, where it was observed by Adamis to be " common." 



87. COTYLE RIPARIA. 



Mr. Blanford recently procured it in Central India; and I 

 have on several occasions seen one or two birds of this species 

 in the upper provinces of India; but it is certainly somewhat 

 rare throughout India. 



88. CoTYLE SUBSOCCATA. 



I consider this to be a very doubtful species, and that it ought 

 to be expunged from our list. One of Mr. Hodgson's drav/ings 

 with this name attached represents apparently. C. riparia, but 

 with the tuft of short feathers behind the tarsus extending all 

 its length. 



91. CoTYLE RUPESTRIS. 



I observed this Martin in the valley of the Sutlej, and in the 

 Sind valley of Kashmir. Mr. Blanford found it in Central India 

 flying round a rocky hill, at no great elevation, and also at 

 Khandalla on the edge of the western Ghats. 



92. Chelidon urbica. 



Irby states this Martin to be common in Oudh in the cold 

 season ; and Tickel Isays that they occur at times at Moulmein, 

 but are not regular in their appearance. 



93. Chelidon cashmiiiensis. Figured by Gould, B. of 

 Asia, pt. XX. pi. 13. 



I found this Martin breeding on a rock between Mattiana and 

 Nagkandah on the Sutlej valley in June; and Stoliczka also ob- 

 served it breeding near the same locality, perhaps at the very same 

 spot. I also found it in the Sind valley in Kashmir, in small 



