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HIUUNDO. 



... r.r 1PC.Q well defined zones. A set of five measures:— Length (A) 



form in some specimens more or less well aennea /-oneb. .,„ ;nr-hp<j • rF^ 



■ V, m\ r.-, V 0-6 inches- (C) 0-76 x 0-56 inches; D 077 x 0-59 inches, (t) 



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let of rocK-.atthe northern entrance to Port HacUin,,New ^o-h^^ ^ ---::7::;t2s 

 (A) 073 X 0-53 inches; (B) 075 x o'S inches; (C) 074 x 0-51 -ches; (D) o ,2 x 052 inches, 

 (E) 074 X 0-52 inches. 



When photographed, the nesthngs here figured, which were tal<en from a nest under my 

 dmin. oom'window and brought into the Museum in the morning and -turned to their parents 

 lat o; the same afternoon, were then fifteen days old. Above they were blackish^brown with a 

 sHghtVr r^l lustre, with small tufts of light fawn-brown down scattered here and there; wings 

 ad In ull smoky greyish-brown; a V-shaped marking on the forehead, the throat and sides of 

 n ck d 1 b il el; remainder of the under surface dull white, the sides of t e body havmg a 

 reamybrownwash; under tail-coverts light fawn colour; bill brown: gape hght-yellow; legs 

 and feet grey; iris black. W,ng .4 inches. They all left the nest five days later. 



WELCOME SWALLOW (NESTLISGs). 



Younc. birds resemble the adults but are much duller in colour, and have only a slight 

 indication^of the rufous band on the forehead; the outermost tail feathers on either side are 

 comparatively shorter, being only four-fifths of an inch longer than the central pair. Length of 

 wing 4-1 inches. 



Albinos of this species are not uncommon. 



In the neighbourhood of Sydney, August until the end of December, constitutes the usual 

 breeding season, but odd nests may be also found during the first six months of the year. Both 

 sexes assist m the task of nidification and the eggs are deposited daily. At my house at Rosev lie 

 a pi r have bred for many years. A nest was commenced on the r6th September under the 

 eaves of a gable, above my bedroom window, and was apparently finished on the 28th instant. 

 On the 8th October the female was sitting, and fourteen days later was feeding young. On the 

 8th November, both birds were supplying the wants of the young, whose heads -re -sible 

 alove the nest, and a week later they were flying about, or precisely two months a ter the nest 

 was first commenced. The following year they were less fortunate, a nest they budt under the 

 Tandah twice having its lining of feathers pulled out by the introduced House Sparrow, 

 and removed for lining their own nests. On the last occasion two eggs were broken. They 

 abandoned this site and built on the opposite side of the gable. Hearing the Swallows making 



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