of Southern Afghanistan and Keldt. 155 



Hume for identification. These seem to have turned out 

 to be the two S. brucii mentioned above and S. giu. 



The Scops Owls are very common in favourable localities^ 

 keeping in summer to the juniper-forests of the mountains 

 and dispersing over the country in winter. It is curious that 

 the only two specimens obtained in Kandahar were shot 

 one on the 11th April, 1879, and the second by Col. Swinhoe 

 on the 12tli April, 1881. They were probably on their way 

 to the highlands of Central Afghanistan. 



32. HiRUNDo RusTicA, Liuu. 



First seen in Kandahar in 1879 on the 7th February. 

 Disappeared entirely before the end of September, very few, 

 indeed, remaining after the middle of August. Col. Swinhoe 

 notes that he saw the first Swallow in 1881 on the 29th 

 January. In Quetta they are later in appearing. 



33. HiRUNDO riLiFERA, Stcph. 



Somewhat to my surprise 1 found this bird on several 

 occasions in the Arghandab valley, and on one occasion near 

 Kelat-i-Ghilzai, 5000 feet above the sea. It was not common, 

 and I observed it nowhere else. Mr. Murray notices its 

 occurrence at Quetta, but I have not seen it there. 



34. HiRUNDO DAURICA (?) . 



In 1881 I saw a small flock of Red-rumped Swallows near 

 Kach, but failed to procure a specimen. Which of the many 

 forms of H. daurica they belonged to I cannot therefore say. 



35. COTILB RIPARIA (LiuU.). 



Rare. Procured by Col. Swinhoe in Kandahar. 



36. COTILE RUPESTRIS (ScOp.). 



Rock Martins are not common in the province. A specimen 

 sent to Mr. Hume in 1881-82 remains unidentified in his 

 collection. A bird which I shot last autumn at the head of 

 the Pishin valley, about 6000 feet above the sea, appeared 

 to me to be Cotile rupestris. 



37. Cypselus melba (Linn.). 



I obtained a single specimen of this Swift in Kandahar, 

 the only one I saw there. I was waiting for a favourable 



