370 NuU's on the Birds of the SamLhur LaJce ^' its rieiniff. 



Young birds have not the spotting above, and the breast has 

 longitudinal dashes of faint dusky. 



82.— Hirundo rustica, L. 



The common swallow is \Qry plentiful during the cold weather. 



Length. Expanse. Wing. Tail from Tarsus. liill at 



^ vent. frtnt. 



Male ... 7-0 13-6 47 3-7 0-4 0.3 



Female .„ 6'8 13-6 4-7 3-5 04 0'3 



84.— Hirundo filifera, Steph. 



Not common, but a few birds are always to be seen in the 

 mornings, working over tlie fields. 1 obtained a nest on the 

 I'ith July. It contained two eggs. 



85.— Hinindo erythropygia, Syk.es. 



This species is not veiy common. It breeds here. 



86.— Hirundo fluvicola, Jerdon. 



Very common about a fresh-water pond to the west of Sam- 

 bhur. 



98.— Cotile sinensis, Gray, 



The little bank martin is very common about this. I obtained 

 a nest on the 15th April with two very bard-set eggs. The 

 nest was found in a hole in a bank, and was a compactly built 

 cup-shaped structure : outer diameter, 4 inches; ^^-g receptacle, a 

 little over 2 inches. The nest was made of grass and fibres 

 well rounded together ; the outer portion of the nest was of a 

 coarser quality than the lining-, but made of the same material; 

 depth of li^^ cavity, | inch. 



90. — Ptionoprogne concolor, Syhea. 



Not common. I have only obtained this species near Mata 

 Pahar and the extreme western portion of the lake. Mr. Hume, 

 during one of his visits to Mata Pahar, found a nest with three 

 eggs. 



100.— Cypselus afl&nis, /. B. Gray. 



This swift is very common, and builds in the old tombs and 

 mosques. I found a congeries of about thirty nests in a small 

 tomb, and these were all closely packed together ; some had 

 openings at the sides, while others had tubular-shaped necks, 

 about 2 inches long, projecting from the side of the nest. 

 The nests were composed of pieces of straw, fine twigs, cobwebs, 

 and fluffy feathers, all agglutinated together, with here and 

 there some bright-colored feather of a parrot or roller stuck 

 carelessly on the outside. A nest which I detached measured from 



