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very pleasant day after birds, passed in his society and that of 

 the lamented Jerdou, at Cherra Poonjee. 



The Swallow in question is well known to me ; and I think 

 I can answer a question put by Mr. Simson. It is recorded in 

 my "List of Birds from the Hill-ranges of the N.E. Frontier^' 

 (Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1874, p. 152), under the title of 

 //. cahirica, Sav., with these remarks : — " My specimens from 

 Munipur are evidently identical with Jerdon^s bird observed at 

 Dacca in June ; it was the only form in Munipur in February 

 and March, and very numerous at Iraphal, the capital ; it was 

 then commencing to breed. Darjeeling specimens in the col- 

 lection of Lord Waldeu are still more like H. cahirica from 

 Egypt;" and I remember that, after comparing a number 

 of the Indian with specimens from Egypt, we could not satis- 

 factorily separate them. 



It would appear that this species breeds in the neighbouring 

 hilly districts, migrating soon after into the plain country. 

 Jerdon {' Birds of India," vol. iii. Append, p. 870) says they had 

 evidently just finished breeding, for there were many young 

 birds ; and this was in June. I have specimens from the 

 Munipur valley and hills near, and the Lhoto Naga hills, 

 Assam. 



In E. Blyth's ' Catalogue of Mammals and Birds of Burma," 

 H. tytleri is recorded from Thayet-myo and Tavoy ; it thus 

 has a very considerable range. 



Yours &c., 



H. H. Godwin-Austen. 



Natural-History Museum, 



Dublin, February 9th, 1882. 



Sirs, — In December last Mr. Tank, naturalist, of this 

 city, brought me a Cape Pigeon {Daption capensis, Steph.), 

 which he said had been shot near Dublin, and given to him 

 by a friend of his. 



On further inquiry I was referred to Mr. William Kelly, 

 an assistant in the house of Messrs. Johnson, jewellers, of 

 Suffolk Street. 



