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three eggs from a nest, and on the 1st April it was found to contain 

 six more. 1 have also taken a tiny egg quite yolkless. The native name 

 is bugger a. 



Family Hirundinidce, 



(84) CoTiLE RiPARiA. — The Sand-Martin. 



Oates, No. 808 ; Hume, No. 87, 



I have never shot this bird in this subdivision, but in February 1898, my 



shikari shot one flying over a river at Hassowlie Fly, some nine or ten miles 



from Somastipur. I am sure I identified it correctly as there was a tuft of 



feathers on the tarsus ; the skin unfortunately got destroyed and I have been 



unable to obtain another, 



(85) C. SINENSIS. — The Indian Sand-Martin. 

 Oates, No. 809 ; Hume, No. 89. 

 Exceedingly common. They breed here in November, December, January, 

 aad also in April as I found on the 6th of that month an addled egg and two 

 newly hatched young. I have found them breeding in the banks of the 

 Kamla wherever they were fairly steep. Four is the greatest number of eggs 

 ever tal<en from a nest ; most eggs were got in November, one burrow 

 measured was 36" deep and the hollow in which the nest rested was 5"x4:^" ; 

 the nest being a loose pad ot grass, 



(86) HiRUNDO RUSTicA. — The Swallow. 

 Oates, No. 813 ; Hume, No. 82. 

 I shot a few swallows in January 1900 ; those of this species had a perfect 

 band across the breast, but the lower plumage was almost pure white. There 

 were several very dark rufous bellied birds, but I didn't secure one ; they may 

 have been H. <?/iZen, but more probably were only deeply coloured H. rustica. 

 I have noticed swallows in considerable numbers from July till the end of 

 the cold weather. On the 1st of April many were seen flying northward 

 towards Nepal. 



(87) H. GUTTURALis. — The Eastern Swallow. 

 Oates, No, 814 ; Hume, No. 82 bis. 

 A bird shot on the 15th January has a narrow pectoral band well broken 

 by the rufous of the throat, but the lower plumage is very pale rufous, darker 

 on the undertail-coverts and the measurements are more those of H. rustica 

 than of this species. I have several birds which I take to be gutturalis, but 

 most appear to be hybrids. , 



(88) H. NEPALENSis, — Hodg.son's Striated Swallow, 

 Oates, No. 822 ; Hume, No. 85 bis. 

 This is not such a common species but a fair number of birds are seen 

 &t the same time of the year. I saw about half a dozen flying over the 

 indigo at Narhar on the 11th April but after that month they appear to 

 leave the district till July as I can find no notes on them during the 

 intervening months. 



