268 GANGETICHINDOOSTAN. 



In India (I am uncertain of the part) is found a very dimi- 

 nutive red-headed Swalloiv, not exceeding in fize a humming 

 bird ; the upper part of the body is duflcy, the lower white, 

 the tail is flightly forked. Our Cbijnney Sivallow, Br. Zool. i. 

 N° 168, is certainly found in Hindoojian, 



I WAS once favored with the loan of a very fingular fwallow, 

 I think a native of Bengal. It was of the fize of a 'European 

 Chimney Swallow. The crown of the head red ; all the upper 

 parts of the body, wings and tail black, the lower part entirely 

 white. Its great chara6ler was two feathers, one on each fide 

 of the tail, flender as wire, and not lefs than five inches and a 

 half long. 

 Goatsuckers. Two fpecies of Goatfuckers are found in the fame country, 



the Bombay^ Latham^ vii. 195, and the Indian^ 196. Both have 

 a great refemblance of colors with the European^ the firft 

 feems only a variety, inferior in fize. 



Columbine. 



Pigeon's T'A'L domeflic pigeon of Europe is very common in Hindoojian^ 



with all its varieties. In the time oi Akbar^ they had the utmoft 

 attention paid to their breed; the Emperor was the greatefi: 

 pigeon fancier of his days ; he kept prodigious numbers, and 

 received prefents of the rareft kinds, from the monarchs of 

 Jran^ i. e. Perjia and Turan, be fides the capital colleftions 

 brought from all parts by merchants. The great pigeon called 



Mebemeb^ 



