84 HIRUNDININ&. 
The whole upper surface a very pale greyish earthy-brown, very 
much paler than the same parts in P. rwpestris or C. sinensis ; 
the quills only slightly darker, yet sufficiently so to contrast pretty 
markedly with the scapulars, back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; 
the lateral tail-feathers, all but the external feather on each side, 
with a large oval white spot on the inner web, as in rupestris, and 
with dark shafts and a darker tint on the web near the shaft, as 
in that latter species ; lower surface as in rupestris, but much paler ; 
the whole of the chin, throat, breast, and abdomen being white 
with only a faint fulvous or rufous tinge, and the wing-lining 
and lower tail-coverts, which in rupestris are a decided dark- 
brown, are in this species the same pale earthy grey-brown as the 
upper surface. 
Mr. Hume states that the Pallid Crag Martin occurs along 
the streams that issue from the bare stony hills that divide Sind 
from Kelat, and also that it is common off the rocky headland of 
Manora, at the mouth of the Kurrachee Harbour. It is not 
recorded from any other portion of the district. 
Genus, Chelidon. 
Bill somewhat shorter than in Hirundo, but thicker ; first quill 
longest ; tarsi and toes feathered ; tail very slightly forked. 
Chelidon urbica, Zin. 
92.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 166; Butler, Deccan ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 378. 
THE ENGLISH HousE MARTIN. 
Length, 55; expanse, 12 ; wing, 4:1; tail, 2:4; legs fleshy- 
white. 
Above glossy blue-black ; wing and tail dull black; rump and 
entire under parts pure ‘white ; ; under parts of shoulders and 
axillaries greyish-white. 
The English House Martin only occurs as a somewhat rare 
seasonal visitant to some parts of the Deccan. 
Genus, Cheetura, Steph. 
Toes three in front, nearly equal; the hallux shorter, op- 
posable, but also reversible to the front : tarsus covered oan a 
naked skin ; tail short, even, or wedged, ihe feathers with the 
shafts ending in rigid spines. 
Cheetura sylvatica, Tick. 
95.—Acanthylis sylvatica, Tickell—Jerdon’s Birds of India, 
Vol. 1, p. 170: 
THE WHITE-RUMPED SPINE-TAIL. 
Length, 4°25 ; wing, 5; tail, 1°5 
Bill black ; irides dark brown ; legs and feet livid. 
