238 Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 



437. ? ad. Khushalgarh, 1200 £t., 16th February. 



679. Ad. Thall, 2550 ft., 14th March. 



This speeies is distinguished from C. riparia by its paler 

 colour, smaller size, and less sharply defined pectoral band. 



It is probably widely distributed in India, but, owing to its 

 resemblance to the last-named species, has been overlooked. 

 In Kohat it is common enough and resident, large colonies 

 nesting in the banks of the Indus and Kurram Rivers 

 in February and March. The specimen, shot at Thall in 

 March, was one of a breeding-colony. Major Magrath also 

 found a large colony in March, nesting in the banks of the 

 Kurram River (south of our limits), and secured two typical 

 examples. 



Besides these there are five specimens in the British 

 Museum, viz. a doubtful one obtained by Jerdon at Madras, 

 two from Afghanistan, and two from Central Asia. 



[809.] CoTiLE SINENSIS. A resident species in the 

 District. 



[810.] Ptyonoprogne rupestris. The Crag-Martin. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (nests freely round 

 Quetta) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 55 (('liitral : summer visitor, 

 found up to 13,000 ft.) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 659 (nests in the 

 Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 483 (nests in Ladak). 



277. Ad. Samana, 6500 ft., 12th April. 



A winter visitor from October till April. Probably resident 

 on the Samana. Fair numbers nest in the precipices of the 

 Safed Koh. 



[Ptyonoprogne ohsoleta. — Major Magrath shot an example 

 out of a flock at Bannu in December 1907.] 



[813.] IIiRUNDO RUSTiCA. The Swallow. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 341 (Murree Hills : a 

 common resident) ; Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 605 (abundant in 

 summer : Quetta) ; Cumming, op. cit. xvi. p. 688 (Seistan, 

 1700 ft. : summer visitor) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 483 (summer 

 visitor: Kashmir) ; Perreau, op. cit. xviii. p. 186 (Chitral). 



A fairly common resident in the Miranzai Valley, nesting 

 freely at Thall (2550 ft.) and at Doaba, but becoming scarce 



