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of Manipur. I found this species about Karimganj in Sylhet, and have received it from
N.E. Cachar, but (though it doubtless occurs) from no other place in the valley of
Assam.” Mr. llume considered that he also obtained II. japónica and II. siihstriolata
iu Manipur, but all his specimens must be referred to U. nipalensis. Major Wardlaw
llamsay procured an example in the Karen Hills in March. Specimens from Pegu are
111 the British Museum, aud Mr. Oates says that it is found in winter over the whole of
British Burmali aud is the only Swallow which is common. In Tcnasserim it is
sparingly distributed in suitable localities. Mr. Davison says:—“ I only saw these
Swallow^s iu the extreme north and south of the jR’ovince. They affect open grassy
slopes, and these are not common elsewhere.” Mr. Davison’s localities for the species
are:—Pabpoon, Moulmeiii, Pakclian, Baiikasun, and Malewun. Pea met with it at
Kaiikaryit. According to Dr. Tiraud it is found also in Cochin China.
As far as we know, the present species is spread over the greater part of China.
Dr. McKinlay has sent it from Shanghai, and Mr. Swinhoe has procured it at Amoy and
Chefoo. He states that it breeds in China, and he believes that it inhabits Hainan also.
The following is bis note on the species :—“ A few passing flocks spend a day or two in
Amoy during winter. It is found in the extreme north of China as a resident only;
but in the south, where the winter climate is more genial, it stays all the year, roaming
about iu small parties during the cool weather, and merely shifting its haunts from
exposed to sheltered localities according to the severity of the season. In Southern
China it is by no means so common as the Chimney-Svvallovv, and far more locally
distributed.” The Tweeddale collection has likewise two specimens from the Island of
Pootoo.
Mr. Swinhoe separated the Pekin bird as H. arctivitta, but we cannot allow that
this is different from U. nipalensis. It is a summer visitant to the north of China, hut
was frequently seen in flocks by Mr. Swinhoe in August and September.
In Japan it is, according to Mr. Seebohm, “ a summer visitant to the southern
islands, but has not yet been recorded from Yezo.” There are four skins in the Pryer
collection from Yokohama. Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer have given tlie following note
ill their ‘ Birds of Japan ’ :—“ It is common about Tokio, where it builds a long bottle-
shaped nest under the eaves of buildings. Eggs s ix ; white. Not yet found in Yezo.
Specimen in Hakodate Museum from Tokio; specimens also in the museum there. It
has only lately been discovered at Yokohama, altliough there have long been many
suitable places for it to breed. Tlie first was noticed in 1878.” Captain Blakiston says
that, to liis surprise, he also once observed this Swallow on the 23rd of January. It has
also been fouud in Corea by Dr. Kalinowski.
With regard to its ncsting-habits in India, we quote the following from Mr. Oates’s
edition of Mr. Hume’s well-known work on tlic ‘ Nests aud Eggs of Indian Birds ’ :—
“ This, the larger of our Indian Mosque-Swallows, altliough visiting during the cold
season the plains of India, breeds, so far as I know, exclusively in the Himalayas—1
mean, of course, within our limits.