70 Mr. Hugh Whistler on the 



\~~ RiPARIA RIPARIA INDICA, SUbsp. nOV. 



Description. Similar to R. r. diliiia, but has shorter wings 

 and tail_, the latter, perhaps, somewhat less forked. Differs 

 from R. r. littoralis in its rather paler upper parts and in 

 having the pectoral band paler, less distinctly marked, and 

 sometimes almost wanting. 



Wing : S 95-98 ram., ? 88-89 mm. Tail 40-43 mm. 

 Tarsus 10 mm. Bill from edge of forehead-feathers about 

 6 ram. Feet brownish; bill blackish. 



Type-locality. Punjab, India (Jhelum and Ferozepur). 



Type-specimen. H. Whistler coll. No, 1349, (5'. Jhelum, 

 22.3.1914. From a breeding-colony. Wing 95 ; tail 43 ; 

 tarsus 10 ; bill 6 mm. : central tail-feather only 3 mm. 

 shorter than the laterals. 



March speciraens are slightly worn ; 721 is a juvenile, and 

 has faint rusty-grey edges to the upper parts and pale rusty 

 edges and tips to all the coverts and tertials. — C.B. T.] 



Ptyonoprogne rupestris. The Crag-Martin. 



A few were noted near Chakwal on April 13, 1913, and 

 one or two were seen at the base of the Salt Range, near 

 Sohawa, on February 4, 1914. In addition to the above, I 

 believe I saw some flyiug in company with H. rustica at 

 Jhelum on March 31, 1914. No specimen obtained. 



Hirundo rustica. The Swallow. 



887. 6.10.1913. Jhelum. Wing 118 mm. (worn). 



888. „ „ „ 122 mm. „ 



A spring and autumn passage-migi-ant in considerable 

 numbers. The spring migration was at its height in March 

 and April, but a few birds were seen from the 1st of February 

 onwards. The autumn migration passed through in ;the 

 first half of October (and probably the latter half of 

 September, but I was away then), a few birds being seen in 

 July and August. 



[Both these speciraens, which are adult, have nearly 

 finished a coraplete moult at a period when in England 

 the species has not begun to moult. These belong to the 

 typical race.— C. fi. T.] 



