106 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 



Genus CO TILE. 

 239. COTILE HIPAHIA. 



Cotyle riparia (L.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 67 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 189 ; Blanf. East. 

 Persia, ii. p. 216 (1876) ; Prjev. in Eowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 162 (1877) ,• C. Swinli. Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 101; Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 96 (1885) ; Zarudn. Gis. Transcasp. p. 32 (1885) ; Scully, 

 J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 83 (1887) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 272 (1890). 



Hirundo riparia, Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 83. 



No. 1480. Panjali, April 17, 1874. — Length 5 inches, wing 4, tail 2*15, tarsus 0*4 ; expanse 

 10'6; bill from front 0*23, from gape 0-52 ; length of foot 1. Iris dark brown ; bill 

 black ; feet dusky brownish, shining ; soles ashy. 



240. COTILE RUPESTRIS. 



Cottle rupestris (Scop.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 177 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. 

 p. Q7 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 189 ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 216 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley's 

 Grn. Misc. ii. p. 162 (1877) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 48; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 47; Scully, 

 ibid. p. 427; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 70; Zarudn. Gis. Transcasp. p. 32 (1885) ; Sharpe, Cat.B. Brit. 

 Mus. X. p. 109 (1885) ; Radde, Grnis, iii. p. 490 (1887) ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 83 (1887) ; 

 Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 77 (1889). 



Ptyonoprogne rupestris^ Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 131 (1876) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 273 

 (1890). 



Hirundo rupestris, Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 83. 



No. 478, imm. Shargol, W. Ladak, August 20, 1873. 



No. 523, adult. Lamaguru, August 23, 1873. 



No. 904, imm. Sanju, October 28, 1873. 



Nos. 1656, 1660, adult. Pasrobat, May 13, 1874. 



Dr. Stoliczka states that the Eock-Martin was common near Pasrobat, and was appa- 

 rently going to breed in the neighbourhood. 



It was often seen by Dr. Henderson, who states that it was not uncommon near Sanju, 

 and was met with both on going and returning on the banks of the Indus near Leh, and was 

 numerous about Dras. 



Dr. Scully gives the following note :— " This Crag-Martin was first observed in Eastern 

 Turkestan in August, between Sanju and Kizil Aghil. After that it was seen every day 

 along the Arpalak stream and the Karakash river. It flew about hunting over the water 

 and perched on the high rocks near the streams. At Kizil Aghil I was informed by the 

 inhabitants that this bird left them when the leaves fell off the trees, and reappeared again 

 in spring when the trees began to blossom ; they said that the nests were placed in the clefts 

 of rocks near the river. The Turki name for this species is ' Tagh Karloghach '—' Mountain 

 Swallow;' and I need scarcely add that it was never seen in the plains." 



