oval, occasionally somewhat pyriforui in shape, and rarely very long and narrow like 

 those of our Indian Swift. They are perfectly spotless, and so far as shape and size go 

 the egg of H. daurica figured hy Bree sufficiently correctly represents an average specimen. 

 Many eggs, however, are longer and narrower than that figure, and while all are, as in 

 the figure, somewhat pointed towards the end, some are conspicuously so. 



" The eggs vary from 075 to - S3 inch in length, and from - 52 to 0'6 inch in 

 breadth ; but they average about 078 by 055 inch." 



The descriptions are taken from specimens in the British Museum. The figure is 

 drawn from a bird in Mr. Wyatt's collection, procured by him on Mount Abu, and a 

 view is given of one of the corners of the Fort at Agra. 



