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This species was very common in the Nawakot district iu 

 winter, freqneating- mau^oe topes and groves. A specimen was 

 also shot in the Nil Barahi wool (valley of Nepal) in 

 December. 



82.— Hirundo rustica, Lin. 



Female, Valleij, JMn^.— Leno^th, 7-8; expanse, 13'3 ; winf>-, 

 4-8 ; tail, 4-3 ; tarsus, 0-45 ; bill from orape, b'o ; bill at fronl^ 

 0-32 ; closed wing-s short of tail, 1*5. 



Five young birds shot in. the Valley from June to August. 



Lenorth, 5-5 to 6-2 ; expanse, 12 to 12-'8; wincr, 4*35 to 4-7 ; 

 tail, 2-5 to 3-9 ; tarsus, 0-4 to 0-45 ; bill from gape, 0-6 to 065 ■ 

 bill at front, 0-28 to 0-34 -, closed wings short of tail, to O-^! 



Bill horny black ; base of lower mandible yellowish fleshy or 

 yellow ; gape whitish fleshy or yellow; irides blackish brown ; 

 feet brownish fleshy ; claws dusky. 



The Common Swallow is found in abundance in the valley 

 of Nepal during seven months of the year. It arrives about 

 the middle of February and migrates to the plains about the mid- 

 dle of September. The earliest date on which I noticed it in 

 the valley was on the 8th February, and the latest on the 13fch 

 September. During the winter it is very common in the Tarai 

 and plains of Nepal. 



This Swallow breeds freely about the valley in April and 

 May; young birds, just able to fly, are often seen about the 

 beginning of June. 



85.— Hirundo nipalensis, Eodgs, 



Four males, Valley, Ma^.— Length, 6-8 to 7-2 ; expanse, 12 '4 

 to 12-5 ; wing, 4-4 to 4-6 ; tail, 3-5 to 3-9 ; tarsus, 0-5 to 0-55 • 

 bill from gape, 0-5 to 0-6; bill at front, 0-3 to 0-33; closed 

 wings short of tail, 1'2 to 1*45 



Three females, Valley, April and June. — Leno-th, 6 9 • 

 expanse, 12 to 127 ; wing, 4-3 to 4-6 ; tail, 3-5 to 3-6 ; tarsus', 

 0-65 to 0-6 ; bill from gape, 0-56 ; bill at front, 0-3 to 0-35 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 1'15 to 1-2. 



Bill black ; irides blackish brown ; feet dusky; claws black. 

 A young bird shot, on the 29th August measured :—Leno-thj 

 6-2 ; expanse, 12-5 ; wing, 4-4 ; tail, 3-1 ; tarsus, 0-5 ; bill from 

 gape, 0-6; bill at front, 0'3 ; closed wings short of tail, 0*85 ; 

 _ Bill, black; base of lower mandible and gape fleshy yellow; 

 irides brownish black ; feet dusky brownish ; claws black. 



This Swallow is even more common in the valley of Nepal 

 than ritstica, and is much more familiar in its habits than that 

 species, constantly flying about houses and often entering into 

 the rooms. It lives in the valley for about eight raonSis in 



