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marked, even more so than most eggs of H. rustica or H. gutturalis. 

 They measured *72" X '51", '73* X '5'', '72' X "5" and -71" X '5". 



(335) H. daueica. — The Daurian Striated Swallow. 



Oates, No. 821 ; Hume, No. 85 Ter. 



A great many swallows in North Cachar are of this form, having 

 the lower surface distinctly suffused with rofous. 



A nest taken on the 17th May, 1891, was like the nest of H. rustica, 

 but with the mud shell very thin— not more than *25" in the thickest 

 portion. 



(336) H. nepalensis. — Hodgson's Striated Swallow. 



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

 The common form in North Cachar, but few birds breed here, 

 though every now and then a pair or two may be met with building 

 in the Naga villages, and I have taken one or two of their nests. 



