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181* TlCHODROMA MURARIA (Limiseus). 



Punjab, frequenting the ravines and broken-up country north of 

 the Jhelum ; common in the Valley of Cashmere, and on the lower 

 Himalayan Ranges. The sexes are alike in colour of plumage. 



182. Sitta himalayana, Jardine & Selby. 



Lower and middle regions of the Western Himalayas, pretty 

 common. 



183. Pericrocotus flammeus (Forster). 



N.W. Punjab, Western Himalayas, Cashmere ; common, grega- 

 rious. Flocks of one or the other sex are often seen ; and generally 

 more females are observed than males, the ratio about three of the 

 former to one of the latter. The call-note resembles that of the 

 Linnet. 



184. Pericrocotus peregrinus (Linnaeus). 



Common in the gardens and orchards around Poonah in the Dec- 

 can ; not seen on the Himalayas. They are generally observed in 

 small flocks. 



185. Hirundo filifera, Stephens. 



Common in the Deccan, not seen in Scinde ; not common on the 

 the lower Himalayan Ranges ; occasionally seen in the Valley of 

 Cashmere. 



186. Hirundo rustica, Linneeus. 



Vale of Cashmere and lower ranges westward of the Jhelum river. 

 Migrates to the Punjab during the winter months, but breeds and 

 spends the summer in the mountains. A specimen compared with 

 an English bird, and found identical. 



187. Hirundo daurica, Linnaeus. 



Punjab and Himalayas, common ; migrates during the winter to 

 the former locality. Breeds among high rocks ; the nest is oblong, 

 and composed of mud and feathers intermixed ; has generally two 

 or more openings. 



188. Chelidon cashmirensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 356. 



Common on the rocky banks of the rivers in Ladakh and Cash- 

 mere during the summer ; migrates during the winter (perhaps) to 

 the Punjab and India. 



" Considerably smaller than C. urbica, but of precisely the same 

 form and colour, except that the axillaries and under part of the 

 shoulder are dark brown instead of greyish-white ; the feathered 

 tarsi occur in both species ; crown of the head, back, and shoulders 

 black, with steel-blue reflexions ; tail brownish-black ; throat, under 

 surface, and rump white, stained with brown on the flanks. Total 

 length 4f inches ; wing 3| ; tail 2 ; tarsi 1 z g .." 



