1869.] of Central, Western and Southern India. 173 



The nests were so precisely similar to those just described, made by 

 H. ruficeps, that as they are in exactly the same situation, it is 

 possible they might have been built by that bird, and only occupied 

 by the Cotyle. They had the usual hole at the base. It would be 

 interesting to know if anybody else has observed parasitic nidification 

 in this bird. 



91. Cotyle (Ptionoprogne) rupestris, Scop 



On the 4th of February I saw two distinct species of crag martin 

 flying about the lofty cliffs around a hill near Perzagad, about half 

 way between Chanda and Nagpur. One was C. concolor, the other 

 conspicuously larger. The next day I saw the latter again, consort- 

 ing with Hirundo erythropygia, and succeeded in shooting a speci- 

 men which proved to be C. rupestris. I again found this bird far 

 from rare at Khandala, Karli, and the neighbourhood between 

 Poona and Bombay, at the end of October. It is evident, therefore, 

 that its range in the peninsula of India is not confined to the higher 

 hills. 



This species abounds in Abyssinia, and I have seen it as low down 

 as about 2000 feet above the sea, much as in India. It always keeps 

 very much to craggy hill sides. 



Family Musctcapid^. 



293. LeUCOCerca leUCOgaster, Cuv. (L. pectoralis, Jerdon). 

 I shot this bird near Chanda in forest. It appears in Dr. King's 

 Goona list, while the much more widely distributed L. aureola, Vieill., 

 (L. albofrontata, Frankl.) does not. My specimens are dusky on the 

 back and rather rufous on the abdomen. 



295. Cryptolopha cinereocapilla, Vieill., common in 



every mango tope and grove of large trees about Nagpur. 



297. Alseonax latirOStriS, Raffles. Specimens from near 

 Chanda appear to agree but with this race. It is scarce. I cannot see 

 .the smallest difference between the specimens collected by me and one 

 sent from Amoy by Mr. Swinhoe as Muscicapa cinereo-alba, Temm. 



306. CyorniS TickelliaD, Blyth. I obtained 2 specimens of 

 this rare bird, one at Seoni between Jabalpur and Nagpur, the other 



