ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHANDESH. 293 
86.—Hirundo fluvicola,* Jerd. The Indian Cliff 
Swallow. 
Resident from August to March, and probably all the year. 
It is very local, and I only found it in two or three places along 
the Panjra river. It bred in October, and again in January, 
in immense colonies. 
89.—Cotyle sinensis, J. Z. Gr. The Indian Sand- 
Martin. 
Common in Taloda, Shada, and Nandurbar in the cold 
weather, I think it left the district in the hot weather, but 
find nothing about it in my notes and cannot remember. It 
bred abundantly along the Tapti in November and December. 
90.—Ptyonoprogne concolor, Sykes. The Dusky 
Martin. 
Permanent resident. Fairly common. Breeds in the rains. 
91.—Ptyonoprogne rupestris,* Scop, The Moun- 
tain Martin. 
Cold weather visitant; staying till late in the hot weather. 
Not very common, but noticed all through the Satpuras and 
at the Bhameir and Lalling forts. 
92.—Chelidon urbica,* Zz. The House-Martin. 
Noticed by me on only two occasions, in November 1880 and 
in April 1881, in both cases at the same village—Prakasha on 
the Tapti. On the first occasion there was a very large flock 
(over 100) flying high and seemingly all immature; on the 
second there were half'a dozen or so in fine plumage, and I 
noticed them on several days. 
98.—Cypsellus melba,* Zin. The Alpine Swift. 
Permanent resident. Not common. At one time I thought 
they bred at the Lalling fort near Dhulia in the rains, and 
watched them carefully ; but though three or four were seen 
every day there, and though afinis bred in hundreds, I am sure 
there were no nests, and the birds may have come immense 
distances. Unless they bred on the high cliffs in the adjoining 
Nasik district I do not know where they could have bred, 
but I have seen them certainly in every month of the 
vear. 
