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riensis. I shot one, which I identified as C. urhica, of the following dimen- 

 sions. Length 5|", wing 4^", tail 2|". 



Ptyonoprogne rupestrls — Crag-Martin. — This is a common bird in the hills 

 near Quetta. I have found 2 or 3 nests, allsaucer.shaped, attached usually 

 to the roof of a c;ive, consequently hard to get at, June 1st, young nearly 

 fledged. May 27th, 4 young unfledged, 



Birundo rustica — The Swallow. — Very common in summer, arriving about 

 3rd week in February. Breeds iu April and May. 



Hirundo r.epalensis— Hodgson's Striated Swallow. — Fairly numerous round 

 Quetta in summer, arriving about end of March. I have only found one 

 nest which we placed in a culvert running under the railway, and was not 

 quite finifsbed at the end of April. 



Motacilla alba — White Wagtail. — This bird is common in the cold weather, 

 disappears about the beginning of May. This identification, I am not sure 

 about, as I only had Jerdon's book, when I shot the bird, and thought then 

 it vpas M dukh'inensis, which now apparently becomes 31. personata. 



Motacilla melanope^Gvey Wagtail. — There were a few of these birds at 

 Kalat about 7,000 feet in May, but I have not seen any elsewhere near Quetta, 



Motacilla borealis — Grey-headed Wagtail. — Saw a few near Quetta in 

 April, apparently on migration. 



Motacilla feldeggi — Black-headed Wagtail. — On migration in April, fairly 

 common, 



Motacilla cltreola or citreoloides — Yellow-headed Wagtail. — Every year 

 on migration in April. 



Anthus irivialis — The Tree-Pipit.— Not uncommon near Quetta in the cold 

 weather. 



Anthus similis — The Brown Rock-Pipit. — Arrives in Quetta about the end of 

 March. Breeds in the hills. One nest with 3 fledged young, on May lltb, 



Anthus campestris— Tawny Pipit. — Fairly numerous about the fields in the 

 cold weather, 



Alauda arvensis — Sky-lark. — Very common in flocks round Quetta in the 

 cold weather. A certain number remain through the summer, and I have no 

 doubt breeds, though I have not found the nest. 



Calandrella Irachydactyla — Short-toed Lark. — Very common all round 

 Quetta in the cold weaiher up to the beginning of May. I am not sure 

 whether any stay later, 



Galerita cristata — Crested Lark, — Very common and resident. Breed 

 about April and May. 



Ammomanes phcpnicuroides — The Desert Finch-Lark. — Common in the low 

 hills round Quetta in September, October, seems to get rarer later, but I have 

 seen a few in March. 



Pyrrhocorax alpinus — Yellow-billed Chough. — T am pretty certain I saw 

 small numbers of these birds at about 10,000 feet this May. I observed with 



