Major J. Biddulpli on the Birds of Gilgit. 47 



Believed to be common, but, though very often heard in 

 Gilgit, most difficult to see. 



29. Scops brucei, Hume. 



A single specimen shot ; many others heard, but most diffi- 

 cult to find in the daytime. The specimen obtained corre- 

 sponds exactly, to the minutest detail, with the description 

 given by Mr. Hume (' Stray Feathers,' i. p. 9). 



Another specimen, a male, shot just across the Indus at 

 Boonji, opposite the mouth of the Gilgit river, also corre- 

 sponds in all points with the description, except that the pure 

 buff feathers forming the ruff are more broadly tipped with 

 dark brown. 



The fact of the specimens from this north-westerly locality 

 corresponding exactly with those originally described from 

 Ahmednuggur, places beyond a doubt the right of this species 

 to specific separation from S. giu. (See observations in 

 Sharpens '^ Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum,' vol. ii. 

 pp. 63, 63.) 



30. HiiiuNDO RusTicA, Liuu. 



Seen at intervals all through the summer. The earliest 

 date at which any Swallow was remarked was 4tli March. 

 Specimens obtained in March, May, and June belong to 

 typical H. rustlca. Length 7"75 inches, Aving 5, tail 4. 



31. HiRUNDO NIPALENSIS, HodgS.^ 



A few seen and two specimens shot on 16th May, among 

 a large number of Chelidon cashmeriensis. 



32. COTILE RUPESTRIS (Scop.) . 



[Two specimens brought ; these are the true C. rupestris, 

 larger and darker than the southern C. obsoleta. Length 5-85 

 to 6-25 inches, wing 5*3 to 5, tail 2*25, tarsus -45. Irides 

 brown.— G. F. L. M.] 



33. Chelidon cashmeriensis, Gould. 



Appears about middle of April, and becomes very common 

 in May. 



[Only one specimen brought; differs from C. urbica in 



* [Tlie species here referred to is H. erythropyyia, Sykes. — J. S.] 



