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[802.] Emberiza striolata. The Striolated Banting. 
Marshall, J. B. N. II. S. xiv. p. 604 (not rare in summer : 
Quetta). 
Rare. I met with a party of six or seven in some very 
desolate country between Lachi and Dhand on the 23rd of 
February, 1907, and shot one bird, which corresponded well 
with Oates’s description. 
[804.] Ciielidon urbica. The IIouse-Martin. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 340 (Thall: rare) ; 
Marshall, op. cit. xiv. p. 604 (Quetta : May) ; Ward, op. cit. 
xvii. p. 483 (breeds in Ladak). 
Colonel Rattray shot a specimen at Thall on the 14th 
of May, 1898, out of a small flock. We have seen one or 
two flocks of what appeared to be this species, on spring 
migration, but have never shot an example. 
[805.] Chelidon kashmirensis. The Kashmir Martin. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 55 (Chitral: common in 
summer) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 659 (common in the Galis, nesting 
freely in verandahs: Murree Hills); Ward, op. cit. xvii. 
p. 483 (breeds in Kashmir). 
Fairly numerous in summer along the Safed Koh Range, 
nesting either singly or in small colonies under overhanging 
crags from 6000 to 8000 feet. The nest resembles that of 
the last species, but varies considerably in size and shape 
according to the situation. 
[808.] Cotile riparia. The Sand-Martin. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 55 (Chitral: common in 
summer); Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 483 (Kashmir). 
The large Sand-Martin which migrates through Kohat in 
April and May must, I think, be of this species, though I 
have not shot an example. Major Magrath shot one out of 
a large flock on the autumn passage at Bannu, just south 
of our limits. 
[808 a.] Cotile diluta. The Pale Sand-Martin. 
Wyatt, Monogr. Hirundinidae, p. 63. 
