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The whole upper surface a very pale greyish earthy -brown, very 

 much paler than the same parts in P. rupestris or G. 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 arid 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, Lin. 



92. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 166 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 378. 



THE ENGLISH HOUSE MARTIN. 



Length, 5 '5 ; expanse, 12 ; wing, 41 ; 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, Chaetura, Steph. 



Toes three in front, nearly equal ; the hallux shorter, op- 

 posable, but also reversible to the front ; tarsus covered with a 

 naked skin ; tail short, even, or wedged, the feathers with the 

 shafts ending in rigid spines. 



Chaetura sylvatica, Tick. 



95. Acanthylis sylvatica, Tickell. Jerdon's Birds of India, 

 Vol. I, p. 170. 



THE WHITE-HUMPED SPINE-TAIL. 

 Length, 4'25 ; wing, 5 ; tail, 1 '5. 

 Bill black ; irides dark brown ; legs and feet livid. 



