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disappear into space, as if by magic, as it passes swiftly by. He states that it breeds very early 
in the year. 
Dr. A. E. Brehm says (J. f. O. 1853, Extrah. p. 96) that it builds a hemispherical nest of 
clay, which it places in the interior of buildings in the desert, as, for instance, in tombs, mosques, 
and such places, or else in cracks in the rocks under overhanging precipices. On the 24th of 
March, 1850, he found in the saints’ tombs in the desert near Assuan two nests, each containing 
three pale reddish eggs, dotted with brownish red. 
The specimens figured are those described, and are in my own collection. 
In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens :— 
E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 
a, 3. Egypt, March 9th, 1868 (G. EL. Shelley). 6, juv. Egypt, April 11th, 1870 (G. E.S.). ¢. Egypt (G.E.S.). 
d. Kgypt (J. Gould). e. Palestine (H. Bartlett). jf, 6. Gwadar, Baluchistan, December 1871 (W. T. 
Blanford). 
E Mus. Ind. Calc. 
a,2. Mekran coast, November 29th. 6. Gwadar coast, Baluchistan, December. c. Near Gwadar, January 
23rd. d,d. Bahu Kalat, Baluchistan, February Ist. e, 3, f, 2. Kalagan, Baluchistan, March 12th and 
13th. g. Jalk, Baluchistan, March 17th (W. T. Blanford). 
E Mus. G. E. Shelley. 
a,@. Nubia, April 4th, 1870 (G. E. S.). 
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