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426. C, APFiNis, Gray (Ilardw. III. Iiul. Zool). 



Syn. C. nijja/eiisis, Hodgson, J. A. S. V, /SO. 



C. montanns, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XIII, 144.* 

 Abah'tl, Iliud. 

 Had. Plains and lower hills of India generally ; rare in the 

 Dukhnn : Ceylon. 



A. Specimen, with wings expanded. B. C. Do. Male 

 and female. All from the vicinity of Calcutta (1842-4). 



427. C. BALASiENSis, Gray (Ilardw. III. Lid. Zool). 



Syn. C. pahnaruvi, Gray. 



Hab. Most parts of India : wherever the Bo7'(tss}is grows, to 

 tlie fronds of which it affixes its nest. Arakan (Ramrce). Common in 

 Ceylon. 



A. B. C. Specimens from the vicinity of Calcutta. D, E. 

 Nests from do. (184 2-7). 



Genus Collocalia, G. R. Gray. 



428. C. NIDIFICA. 



Syn. Ilirundo nidijica, Latham. 



H. escidenta apud Ilorsfield. 

 II. fuciphaga apud Shaw. 



II. brevirostris, McClelland, P. Z. S. 1839, p. ir.5. 

 //. unlcoloi-, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI, 238 ; referred io 

 Cypselus, ibid. XIII, 173 ; and termed C. concolor, J. A. 

 S. XI, 886. 



Wahalcenn, Cingh. 

 IIab. Nilgiris, Ceylon, Sikim, Assam ; and Malay countries. 

 A. B. Specimens from Darjiling. Presented by Mr. 

 Webb (1844), and purchased (1849). C. Do., from the 

 Nilgiris. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. (1842). 

 E. F. G. Do., from Ceylon. E. L, Lavard, Esq. (1849). 



429. C. fuciphaga. 



Syn. Ilirundo fiictjyhaga, Thunberg. 



Hab. llocky coasts bordering the Bay of Bengal, and of Ma- 

 lavan jieninsida and archipelago. 



A. B. Specimens from the Nicobar Islands. Presented 

 by Capt. Lewis (1844). C. Specimen from Java. Pre- 

 sented by the Batavian Society (184.5). D. Nests. From 

 Islets oil' the S. coast of Arakan, Capt. Phayre (1836). 



* Such was certainly the specimen sent to the Society as this by Mr. Jerdon ; it 

 had the primaries growing. 



