94 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



CHELIDON DAURICA. 



196. Chelidon daurica rufula (Temm.)— THE RED-RUMPED 

 SWALLOW. 



HiRUNDO RUFULA Temmiiick, Man. d'Om., 2, ed. iii, p. 298 (1835— 

 Egypt, Sicily, S. Africa, Japan. S. Africa ex Levaillant, whose locality 

 is not trustworthy. Japan erroneous. Restricted typical locality : 



Egj-pt). 



Hirundo rufula, W. E. Clarke, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1906, p. 205, 1908, 



p. 203 ; Saunders, Brit. B., i, p. 11. 



Distribution. — Great Britain. — Two obtained and two seen. 

 One shot (and x^icked up dead ten days later) and two others seen, 

 Fair Isle (Shetlands), June 2, 1906 {ut supra). Adult female Jury 

 Gap, Romnev Marsh (Kent), May 16, 1909 (M. J. Nicoll, Bull. 

 B.O.C., XXIII, p. 93, and Brit. B., iii, p. 122). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Turkestan, Persia, Baluchistan, Afghan- 

 istan, Syria, Egypt ( ? only as migrant), Asia Minor, Cyprus, Greece, 

 also Marocco and (rare or casual) Algeria, and Tunisia. Sometimes 

 seen in Italy, perhaps breeding in Sicily and south Italy, has occurred 

 once Heligoland, and south France. Replaced by allied races in 

 east Siberia, Mongolia, and north China (once [two specimens] in 

 June in Assam), in the mountains south of the Brahmaputra, 

 India, south China, and the East Indian Archipelago (probably 

 only in winter). 



HIRUNDO URBICA 



197. Hirundo urbica urbica L.— THE MARTIN. 



Hirundo urbica Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 192 (1758 — Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Chelidon vrhica (Linnaeus), Yarrell, 11, p. 349 ; Saunders, p. 165. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Summer-resident (late March to 

 mid-Oct., often Nov., and sometimes Dec). Generally distributed, 

 but more local, especially in Ireland, than Swallow. Scarce 

 breeder Orkneys, only occasionally nests and not common migrant 

 Shetlands, and rare vagrant (about eight times) to 0. Hebrides. 



Migrations. — British Isles. — ^Movements of passage -migrants have 

 not yet been worked out in detail, but probably they follow very 

 closely those of the Swallow, and the two species often migrate in 

 company, particularly in autumn. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe, from lat. 70^ north in Scandi- 

 navia to Mediterranean, east to Yenisei and Turkestan. Wintering 

 in south-east Africa and Mossamedes, and in north-west India. 

 Replaced by short -winged form in north-west Africa and apparently 

 south-west Persia and Greece, and in central and east Siberia, 

 Mongolia, Manchuria and north China, Kashmir, south China and 

 Japan. 



