Ij'-i RECORDS OF THE AUSTUALIAN MUSEUM. 



Fardalotus striatus, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., iv., pi. 38 (1848) ; 

 id., Handbk. Bds. Austr., i., p. 161 (1865). 



Seen both at Coolabali aud Brewairina; specimens obtained 

 ill the former locality, which were frequenting the tall 

 Eucalypti in and around the hotel grounds. Comparatively 

 rare. 



HiRDNDO NEOXENA. 



Welcome Swallow. 



Hinnido neoxena, Gould, Proc. Zool. See, 1842, p. 131 ; id.y 

 Bds. Austr., fol., ii., j)l. 13 (1848) ; Sharpe., Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus., X., p. 144 (1885) ; North, Nests and Eggs 

 Austr. Bds., 2nd. ed., ii., pt. ii., p. 234 (1907). 



This well-known and familiar species was common every- 

 where, as it generally is in many parts of Australia and Tas- 

 mania. Before the advent of white settlers in Austrnlia, the 

 Welcome Swallow constructed its cup-shaped nest of mud, 

 lined with dried grasses and feathers on the top of the remain- 

 ing portion of broken hollow limbs of trees, or in rock shelters 

 on the banks of rivers, or on cliffs facing tlie sea. Now its 

 nests may be found anywhere about houses, and in outbuildings, 

 dog's kennels, in laid up ship's galleys, etc. 



Cheramceca lbdcosterndm. 



White-breasted Swallow. 



Hinnido leitcustentKS, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 172. 



Atticora leucostenion, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., ii., pi. 12 (1848). 



Gher(())in?ca leitcostema, Gould, Handbk. Bds. Austr., i., p. 

 115 (1865). 



CheraiiKPca lencosteriiuvi, Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., x., p. 

 171 (1885) ; North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 2nd. 

 ed., ii., pt. ii., p. 238 (1907). 



Noled only three examples of the White-breasted Swallow 

 on the wing at Coolabah in a paddock close behind the hotel. 

 The strikingly contrasted general black and white plumage of 

 this species, and its graceful evolutions performed during 

 Higlit, renders it one of the most cons])icuous of the smaller 

 birds of Australia. Contrary to the usual rule, one of these 

 Swallows api)roached so close, that 1 thought it was going to 

 settle upon me. 



