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CATALOGUE. 
Hirundo filicaudata, Franhl., Proc. Z. S. (1831), p. 115 ; 
Journ. A. S. Beng. I. p. 263. 
Hirundo ruficeps, Licht., Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 58. 
The Wire-tailed Swallow, Lath., Rist. VII. p. 309, 1. 113. 
Leishea, Hind., Jerd. 
Ababeel, Saharunpore, Boyle. 
A. B. C. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
d. Bengal. Presented by Dr. Falconer. 
e. Kumaon. From Captain R. Strachey's Collection. 
" This, by far the most elegant of the swallows, is only found 
towards the more southern portion of the peninsula, about water. 
In the more northern parts, however, it is more abundant, and 
generally spread, frequenting not only the neighbourhood of water, 
but also fields, gardens, and open plains. It is found in small parties 
of four, six, or more. It breeds in holes of old walls and buildings, 
generally in the neighbourhood of water, also in wells and bowries, 
forming a small mud nest, much open at the top. Its long thread- 
like tail-feathers are only observable at a few yards' distance, and in 
consequence of this, nine- tenths of the Europeans here are unaware 
of its existence. It occasionally perches on trees." — (Jerd. Madr. 
Journ. L. S. XI. p. 237.) 
Colonel Sykes observes : " Very abundant in the Dukhun, and 
very beautiful, with its thread-like tail-feathers floating behind when 
ill flight."— (P. Z. S. 1832, p. 83.) 
115. HIRUNDO BT BIO LATA, Temm. 
Hirundo striolata, Temm. et Schl., Faun. Jap. et Bev. 
Grit. Ois. Eur. p. 42. O. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, 
I. p. 58 ; Cat. B. Brit. Mus. II. p. 23. Bonap., C. 
G. Av. p. 340. 
Cecropis striolata, Bilpp., Syst. TTebers. t. 6. 
Hirundo abyssinica, Guer., Bev. Zool. (1843),^. 322. 
The Streaked Swallow. 
A. B. Abyssinia. From Sir W. Harris's Collection. 
Genus Cotyle, Bole, Isis (1822), p. 550. 
BiBLis, Less., Compl. Buff. VIII. p. 495 (1837). 
