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Genus HIRUNDO. 
241. Hietjndo rustica. 
Hirundo rustica, L. ; Hume & Ilenders. Lahore to Yark. p. 176 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 188; 
Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 215 (1876) ; Scully, Str. P. iv. p. 131 (1876) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 
1880, p. 48; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 47; Scully, ibid. p. 427; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 100; Homeyer 
& Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 83; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 70 ; Zarudn. Ois. lVanseasp. 
P- 32 (1885) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 128 (1885) ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 83 (1887) ; 
Itadde, Ornis, iii. p. 487 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 77 (1889) ; Oates, Faun. 
Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 277 (1890). 
Hirundo domestica, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 67 (1873). 
!49. Urumbu, July 24, 1873. 
i o. 1602. Sarikol, May 9, 1874. 
iNos - 1732, 1733, 1734, 1762. Yarkand, May 15-20, 1874. 
Sa ‘ ^ ie ®th May Dr. Stoliczka noticed the Common Swallow as very common about 
m ^ol. At Yarkand it was breeding, and the diary contains the following note : — “ IT. rustica 
atV CS ^ eie a nes ^ mu( l’ li ne( i with line grass, horse-hair, and a few feathers, just as it does 
We , l0me ‘ ft does not appear to begin to lay before the 10th of May, as all the eggs I got 
nearly fresh. There were four to five eggs in the nest.” 
j?- ft 1 '- Henderson says that the Common Swallow was “found in great abundance in 
tlif' S 1U ^ r ’ft lllc ’ where it was breeding, and in the plains of Yarkand it was common all 
Pe- ft’ om Sanju to the city. At Oi-tograk, in August, they were collecting in flocks, and 
0 ' Un o in vast numbers on the mulberry-trees, probably preparatory to migration, because 
j) 1° re tu.rn of the Expedition to the same locality in September not one was to be seen.” 
P * cu *ly observes : — “ The Common Swallow is found in great numbers in the plains of 
a i Llu Turkestan, from Sanju to Kashghar, for six months in the year. The birds arrive 
s peC middle of April, and migrate towards the end of October, not a single bird of this 
j Ust les being ever seen in winter. They breed during May and June ; many young birds, 
a j] e to fly, being found in the early part of July. The Yarkandis call the bird c Ui 
P °ykach ’ — ‘ House Swallow,’ and say that it always makes a mud nest on the roof of 
tp St s ’ number of eggs laid being from three to five, and that two broods are raised in 
op ( | GdSon - Unlike tbe Swift, this species was frequently seen perching on trees, and settling 
e ground and on sand banks.” 
Uiiiuxdo nipalensis. 
U'/ undo nipalensis, Hodgs. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 160 (1885) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 
h- p. 282 (1890) ; Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. part xiv. (1890). 
No. 7 
'ft Murree, July 1, 1873. 
