256 HIRUNDINID^E, 



The whole upper plumage, tail, sides of the head and neck and a broad 

 pectoral band greyish brown, the feathers of the rump and tail narrowly 

 margined paler ; wings and coverts dark brown ; chin, throat, abdomen and 

 vent, also the under tail coverts, white ; tarsus feathered above the hind toe, 

 Bill black ; iris brown ; legs dark brown. 



Length. 5 inches; wing 4; tail 2' 3, forked to the extent of 0' 4 ; tarsus 

 0*45 ; culmen 0*3. 



Hab. The whole of the northern parts of the Old World in summer, extend- 

 ing in winter to S.-E. Africa, greater part of India and the Burmese countries ; 

 also N. America, ranging as far, south as Brazil in winter. (Sharpe.) The 

 recorded localities in India are Sind, Kutch and the Punjab ; outside of India, 

 Beloochistan (Quetta) and Afghanistan. Sharpe records Madras (S. India), 

 Pegu, British Burmah ; and Gates says it is a some what rare visitor there as well 

 as in Tenasserim, and that it probably occurs in Arracan. Davison found it on 

 the Sittang and Salween rivers in January and February. It has a very wide 

 range. The birds which are found in Southern Asia appear to migrate into 

 South China and Siberia. Pere David states that it breeds in this latter 

 country, and Mr. Swinhoe observes that it is found near Pekin in summer. 

 According to Seebohm (Oates), it arrived on the Arctic Circle in June, but he 

 did not see it further north than lat. 67. Both on the banks of the Yen-e-say 

 and the Ob, large colonies of these birds were frequent. It nests in the banks 

 of the rivers. 



The young are distinguished by being lighter brown than the adult, and by 

 the wings and feathers of the back having a rufescent edge ; the breast band, 

 too, is more strongly pronounced. 



768. Cotlle sinensiS (J. E. Gray}, Jerd., Madr. Joiirn. xi. 

 p. 238 ; Blyth, J. A- S. B. xvi. p. 119. Hirundo chinensis, J. E. Gray in 

 Hardw. Illustr. Ind. Zool. i. pi. 35, fig. 3. Cotyle sinensis, Gray, Cat. Fissir. 

 Brit. Hits. p. 30 ; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 342 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 164, No 89 ; 

 Adam, Str. F. 1873, p. 370; Hume, Sir. F. 1874, p. 469: 1875, p. 452; 

 Blyth and Wald., B. Burm. p. 127; Fairb., Str. F. 1876, p. 254; Butler, 

 Sir. F. 1877, p. 227 ; Hume, and Dav., Str. F. 1878, p. 45 ; Davids and 

 Wend., Str. F. 1878, ii. p 76 ; Ball, t. c. p. 402 ; Cripps, I. c. p. 257 ; Hume, 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 84; Scully, t. c. p. 234; Doig, t. c. p. 370; Butler, Cat. 

 B. Sind, &c., p. 13 ; Murray, Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 103 ; Sharpe, Cat.B. Br. 

 Jlfus. x. p. 105. Cotyle subsoccata (Hodgs), Adams, P. Z S. 1858, p. 495 ; 

 Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 163, No. 88. Cotile sinensis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 173 ; 

 Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 82; id., Sir. F. 1873, p. 164; Gales, B. 

 Br. Burm. i. p. 309. Cotile subsoccata, Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. 

 p. 82. The INDIAN BANK MARTIN. 



Adult. Above dusky greyish brown, darker on the crown ; throat and breast 

 pale grey ; wings and tail dusky brown ; belly and lower tail coverts white ; 

 upper tail coverts albescent ; tarsus with a small tuft. 



