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with grass and feathers. The eggs are pure white. They breed 

 from December till March. Buchanan Hamilton says they are 

 migratory about Calcutta, coming in October and leaving in 

 March. I have seen them frequently in jMay, and during the rains 

 also, but they were more scattered at this time. It is possible, 

 however, that some may migrate northwards to China, and 

 northern Asia, and perhaps have a second summer brood there. 

 It is abundant in Burmah on the Irrawaddy river, and it is 

 found throughout the Indo-Burmese countries generally, extending 

 to China. 



2nd. — Crag Martins. 



These differ from the Sand Martins in the habit of making 

 their nests on rocks, and indeed belong to a different type alto- 

 gether, distinguished, among other points, by the white spots on 

 the tail. 



90. Cotyle concolor, Sykes. 



Hirundo, apud Stkes, Cat. 26— Jerdon, Cat. 261 — Blyth, 



Cat. 1203. 



The Dusky Crag Martin. 



Descr. — Smoky brown, slightly paler, and with a reddish tinge 

 beneath; around white spot on the inner webs of all the tail fea- 

 thers, except the centre and outer pair. 



Length 4y\j inches ; wing 4, exceeding the tail by nearly 1 ; tail 

 2, nearly square. 



The Dusky Crag Martin is scattered sparingly over all India, 

 except perhaps lower Bengal. I rarely saw it on the Malabar Coast, 

 but I procured it at Vellore, and Seringapatam, in both places 

 breeding on the large fort walls; also on rocky hills throughout the 

 Carnatic and table land, andin Central India. It also extends to the 

 N. W. Provinces, having been obtained at Delhi by JNIajor Tytler, 

 and I saw it at Allahabad breeding on the fort wall there. I have also 

 found its nest on a rock over-hanging the road on the Goodaloor 

 Ghat of the Neilgherries, at about 4,000 feet of elevation. It also 

 bixilds occasionally in the eaves of lofty houses, and other large 

 buildings in the Deccan, as I saw at Jaulna. The nest is small, 



