that it " is common at Mohw, where it is a resident, breeding during February and 

 March, and again in October and November." 



Mr. Aitken's notes on the breeding of the species in Berar are given belovi-, and 

 Mr. W. T. Blanford also fonnd it nesting, though local, in the AVardha valley. 



The birds from the north-west are decidedly paler than those from more eastern and 

 southern localities. This is certainly the case with those from. Mount Aboo in the Hume 

 collection. Colonel Butler states that in the neighbourhood of Aboo and Northern 

 Guzerat the majority of the birds disappear in the hot weather, though a few are found 

 all the year round. He says it is " common in the hills, breeding at Mount xiboo in 

 June and July. It is not so common on the plains. In the neighbourhood of Deesa it 

 breeds in August and September, building an open nest like U. rustica, which it fixes to 

 the wall imder the eaves of houses, and laying two or three eggs." 



The northward range of the species is marked by specimens in the Hume collecticui 

 from Saugor. Colonel G. F. L. Marshall obtained it in Bundelkund, and the Hume 

 collection also contains a specimen from Lulutpur in the Xorth-west Provinces. At 

 Chunar Mr. Brooks procured a breeding pair in June and took the eggs. Jerdon 

 noticed it near Allahabad, and Mr. Hnme met with it at Etawah, specimens killed 

 in February, July, and October being in his collection. Both the autliors have 

 observed it near Agra, and Mr. Sharpe saw a considerable number about Ukbur's 

 Palace at Futtehpur Sikri. It extends at least as far north as Delhi, where Capt. 

 Bingham procured specimens. 



In the vicinity of the Sambhur Lake, Mr. Ft. M. Adam says that it is not 

 common ; he only obtained the species near Mata Pahar and the extreme western 

 portion of the lake. Mr. Hume, during one of his visits to this place, found a nest 

 with three eggs ; the latter gentleman also met with it at Jodhpur in Rajputana, 

 and Colonel Butler has obtained specimens from Mount Aboo and Deesa. It also 

 extends to Cutch, whence there is a specimen in the Hume collection. ^lajor Hayes 

 Lloyd says that it is occasionally met with in Kathiawar ; and a pair built their 

 nest against the rafters of his house at Ptajkote. The specimen given by him to the 

 British Museum belongs to the dark form, such as is found in the Mahabaloshwur 

 Hills and at Belgaum. 



Mr. James Aitken gives, in his paper on the Swallows and Swifts of Berar, the 

 following account of the present species : — " The natural habitat of this Swallow is 

 amongst rocks and on the faces of cliffs, and in such situations it may always be Ibund ; 

 but it readily avails itself of the windows and porches of houses, even nesting among the 

 two-storied houses in native towns. I have also known it make its nest on the side of a 

 well. The nest is open all round, merely attached to the wall l)y o\w side, and is very 

 neatly lined with feathers. The eggs are more round than any of our other Swallows, 

 and are minutely speckled with brown, especially about the tliick end ; the usual uuni1)ei- 

 is, I tliink, three. They are persecuted while building and oceasionally driven away hy 

 the Sparrows ; but their open nest not being adapted to the wants of these birds, they do 



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