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further curious situations see ZooL, 1887, p. 467, and 

 1888, pp. 25, 355. 



White Swallows are occasionally seen. One 

 which I shot from a punt in Pagham Harbour, 

 Sussex, in Sept. 1871, as recorded in the Field, 

 Sept. 30, 1871, is preserved in the Natural History 

 Museum, South Kensington. An albino Swallow, 

 which had been wounded by a shot in the wing, 

 was captured at Westgate-on-Sea in October 1892, 

 and was kept alive for some time, becoming very 

 tame and taking flies from the hand (Times, Oct. 

 10, 1892). In the Zool, 1894, p. 59, Mr. Mansel 

 Pleydell wrote that during the previous summer a 

 brood of four Swallows was reared in a shed at Bere 

 Regis, Dorsetshire, all of which were white. Of 

 these, three were seen as late as October in company 

 with other Swallows, preparing for migration. Other 

 instances are noted, ZooL, 1894, p. 430, and 1896, 

 pp. 54, 305. 



Hirundo savignii, a chestnut - breasted form 

 found in Egypt and Nubia, has been recorded to 

 have been shot at Teesmouth, Durham [Ihis, 1866, 

 p. 423), but Mr. J. H. Gurney subsequently corrected 

 the mistake (Ihis, 1875, p. 519).' 



As to where Swallows go in winter and on what 

 they feed, see details in my " Summer Migrants." 

 They moult during their absence from this country, 

 and are in full plumage on their return in spring. 



For reported cases of marked Swallows returning 



1 Hirundo savignii, Stephens, 1817 ; cahirica, Liclitenstein, 1823 ; 

 aud riocouri, Audouin, 1825. 



