560 Mr, W. Jesse on the 
minutes behind the door watching the old birds feeding their 
young. 
Average of 7 Lucknow and Fatehgarh eggs . . •73"X'52" 
Measurement of largest e^^ -78" X '52" 
,, smallest q^^ -69" X '52" 
In 'The Ibis' for January 1902, p. 19, Messrs. Rothschild 
and "Wollaston, in their paper on " Birds from Shendi, 
Sudan/^ speak of the eggs of this bird as pure lohite ; but 
this is, I fancy, a very uncommon variety. 
No. 823. HiRUNDo ERYTHROPYGiA. Sykes's Striated 
Swallow, 
This Striated or Red-rumped Swallow is common during 
the cold weather, though rather locally distributed. I have 
also seen the bird in May, and again during the rains. 
Whether it ever breeds with us or not, I am uncertain. The 
majority assuredly do not. The only place where I have seen 
the nests — retort-shaped structures of mud — was in an old 
fort near Delhi. 
No. 826. MoTACiLLA ALBA. White Wagtail. 
No. 829. MoTACiLLA PERsoNATA. Masked Wagtail. 
These two birds, known to the natives as " Dhobin '' — 
i. e.j Dhobie^s (washerman's) wife, — are common during the 
cold weather, coming in September and departing in April. 
The second is, perhaps, the more numerous of the two. They 
may be found almost anywhere — about rivers and jheels, in 
gardens and topes, on lawns and ploughed fields. 
No. 831. MoTACiLLA MADERASPATENsis. Large Pied Wag- 
tail. 
Khanjan, Dhobin [H.]. 
This bird is a permanent resident and is common wherever 
there is any water. It occurs in pairs or singly, never in 
flocks, as is often the case with other Wagtails. 
It breeds from March to May, but most eggs are hatched 
by the middle of April. The nest is a bulky structure of 
grass, tow, rags, feathers, and hair, placed in some nook or 
hole under a bridge, in a native boat, or any convenient spot 
near water. The eggs are three or four in number, greyish 
