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a little further east in Rajpootana. I have specimens from 

 Cutch, and we saw it on the Runn and the northern shores of 

 Kattiawar, but it has not yet been recorded from Sindh. 



I have not ever seen a specimen of H. daurica, from anv 

 portion of the whole region, and though it doubtless may occur 

 there, it can only be as an accidental straggler. — A. 0. H.] 



[86. — Lagenoplastes fluvicola, Jerd. 



I shot several Indian Cliff Swallows a few miles from 

 the foot of Mount Aboo. It does not, I fancy, ascend the hills, 

 and must even in the plains be there a rare straggler, as neither 

 Dr. King nor Capt. Butler appear to have observed it. I have 

 seen a single specimen from Cntch, and Capt. Hayes Lloyd 

 reports it as a straggler in Kattiawar. From Sindh it has not 

 yet been sent. Eastward from Aboo, it becomes more common, 

 and at A j mere ther.e are large colonies, and again southward in 

 the environs of Ahmedabad. — A. 0. H.] 



87. — Cotile riparia, Linn. 



The European Sand Martin (if I correctly identified the 

 species, and tho' I have no specimens now at hand, I think I 

 1 did so) is not uncommon during the cold weather in some parts 

 of the plains. I have observed it in the neighbourhood of 

 Deesa, sometimes flying singly, sometimes in small parties, and 

 often in company with H. rustica, which corroborates Dr. 

 Jerdon's remarks. 



[1 have seen no specimen, either from Deesa or from any other 

 part of the British Empire iu Asia. Nor have I seen any reason 

 yet to modify the remarks I made, Vol. I., p. 164. When I see an 

 Indian-killed specimen of riparia, I will believe in its occur- 

 rence. I may mention that specimens of supposed riparia, 

 kindly sent me last year from Sindh, proved to be C. obsoleta, 

 Cabanis, (= my Ptionoprogne pallida } \ o\, I., p. 1.) — A. 0. H.] 



[89.— Cotile sinensis, Gray. 



The Indian Sand Martin was not included in Capt. Butler's 

 list. On my asking him for specimens of riparia he sent me a 

 skin of the present species, but with the following remarks : — 



" Now regarding the Sand Martin's skin I have sent you 

 which is undoubtedly Cotile sinensis, I must tell you that I am 

 almost positive that the bird I shot last year from which I enter- 

 ed the species Cotile riparia in my list was correctly identified. 

 I have not got the skin with me now as it was amongst those I 

 sent home, but so far as I can remember it corresponded exact- 

 ly with the European Sand Martin, — a bird I have snared scores 

 of in my younger days along the banks of the Thames and other 



