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[80.2.] E.MBERizA sTRioLATA. TliG Striolatcd Bunting. 



Marshall, J. B. N. 11. S. xiv. p. 60i (not rare in summer : 

 Quctta). 



Hare. I met with a party of six or seven in some very 

 desolate eountry between Lachi and Dhand on the 23rd of 

 February, 1907, and shot one bird, which corresponded well 

 with Oates's description. 



[804-.] Chelidon urbica. The Howse-Martin. 



Kattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340 (Thall : rare) ; 

 Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 604 (Quetta : May); Ward, op. cit. 

 xvii. p. 483 (breeds in Ladak). 



Colonel Eattray shot a specimen at Thall on the 14th 

 of May, 1898, out of a small flock. We have seen one or 

 two flocks of what appeared to be this species, on spring 

 migration, but have never shot an example. 



[805.] Chelidon kashmirensis. The Kashmir Martin. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 55 (Chitral : common in 

 summer) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 659 (common in the Galls, nesting 

 freely in verandahs: Murree Hills); Ward, op. cit. xvii. 

 p. 483 (breeds in Kashmir). 



Fairly numerous in summer along the Safed Koh Range, 

 nesting either singly or in small colonies under overhanging 

 crags from 6000 to 8000 feet. The nest resembles that of 

 the last species, but varies considerably in size and shape 

 according to the situation. 



[808.] CoTiLE RiPARiA. The Sand-Martin. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 55 (Chitral : common in 

 summer) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 483 (Kashmir). 



The large Sand-Martin which migrates through Kohat in 

 April and May must, I think, be of this species, though I 

 have not shot an example. Major Magrath shot one out of 

 a large flock on the autumn passage at Bannu, just south 

 of our limits. 



[808 A.] CoTiLE DiLUTA. The Pale Sand-Martin. 

 Wyatt, Monogr. Hirundinidae, p. 63. 



