In the Hume collection are specimens from Agra (June), Buntlelkund (Dec. 8), 

 and Etawah (December), and the Tweeddale collection contains an example from Delira 

 Doon. Dr. King also met with it in Kumaun Bhahur on the 2nd of March. 



Mr. George Beid writes in his paper on the birds of the Lucknow Civil Division : — 

 " The Bed-rumped or Mosque Swallow is probably a permanent resident, though it is 

 only in the cold weather that it is at all abundant, the majority migrating to breed 

 either in the hills or in suitable localities in the plains, though I do not see why 

 Lucknow should not suit it as well as most places. A few most likely do breed in the 

 old mosques and minarets about the city, but on every occasion I have either failed to 

 find their nests or to see the birds. 



" During the cold weather, as already remarked, it is, however, very common about 

 Lucknow, frequenting the deep cutting known as Hyder Ali's Canal, as well as the 

 mosques and minarets in the city, in vast numbers. In the district I have occasionally 

 come across great flocks basking in the sun on the ground, generally in ploughed fields, 

 and sanding themselves like Sparrows ; while at other times I have seen them on the 

 telegraph wires, sitting in rows and keeping lip an incessant chattering or twittering. 

 They occasionally perch on bare trees, and probably pass the night in mango topes in 

 the absence of more suitable nesting-places. In no other way can I account for their 

 presence in localities, remote even from villages, where I have seen them often in great 

 numbers at the break of day." 



Mr. B. H. Hodgson procured this species in Behar. Mr. Brooks has the following 

 note: — " H. erythropygia breeds near Chunar, and in most places in the North-west 

 Provinces where there are old buildings or quarries suitable. The eggs are laid at the 

 commencement of the rains.''" The Hume collection contains specimens from Mogul- 

 serai (November) and Dinapur (December), obtained by Mr. Brooks, and another from 

 the neighbourhood of Calcutta. Mr. W. T. Blanford noticed it in the Wardha Valley, 

 and he also writes : — 



" On February 23, close to Wun, in South-eastern Berar, I saw an immense flock 

 of these Swallows flying about one spot on the ground and constantly alighting. There 

 was no flight of winged ants or termites to attract them, and they might have been 

 preparing to migrate, or resting during migration. I frequently met with this species 

 near Nagpur." 



Dr. Jerdon's note is as follows : — " This Swallow in general prefers the proximity 

 of jungles. I saw it in Goomsoor, in the jungles round the Neilgherries, and also on 

 the summit of the hills, in various other parts of the west coast and in the Carnatic, at 

 the Tapoor pass. In the northern part of the tableland, however, I have seen it 

 occasionally in the cold weather only, both in the neighbourhood of water and on dry 

 open plains." 



In Western Khandesh Mr. Davidson records this species as a permanent resident, 

 common throughout the district and breeding in the rains ; and, according to Messrs. 

 Davidson and Wenden, it is common and breeds in the Deccan. 



