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2. North America. 



4. North America {Ilenshmv Coll.). 



4. North America {Tristram Coll.). 



3. North America. 



4. British Columbia (J. K. Lord). 

 4. Ehode Island, 26th May. 



2. I'riiiceton ( W. E. I). Scoff). 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Salviu-Cioduian Coll. 



Crowley Jk^quest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



N. Amor. ]5ound. Comm. 



W. Badcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Princeton University,N. J. [E.]. 



Hintiido tahitica, Gm. 



(Plate VII. fig. 4.) 



Ilirund,! taliilica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 141 (1885) ; id. S^ 

 'iVyatt, Mon. Hirundinidfe, i. p. 275 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Ei'ersamml. p. 85 (1899) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. iii. p. 193 (1901). 



An egg of the Pacific Swallow in the Collection is of the spotted 

 type, having a confluent zone of spots round the larger end. It 

 measures -75 by 'oQ. 



1. Nomuka-iki, Tonga Islands, 21st Oct. J. J. Lister, Esq. [P.]. 



Hirundo javanica, Sj^amn. 



Ilirmulo javanica, Shurpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. .344 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. x. 

 p. 142 (1885) ; id. Ibis, 1889, p. 430 ; id. ^- Wijatt, Mon. Hiruti- 

 dinidce, i. p. 279 (1885-94) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eqys Ind 

 Birds, ii. p. 18G (1890) ; Sliarpe, Uand-l. iii. p. 194 (1901).' 



The eggs of the Tropical Swallow are of the spotted type. Those 

 taken in India measure, on the average, -65 by -5 ; those taken in 

 Borneo are large, measuring from -lio to -8 in length, and from 

 •5 to "54 in breadth. 



Nilghiri Hills, S. India. 



Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, 23rd March. 



Labiian, Borneo. 



Labuan. 



Labuan. 



Labuan (.S'(V //. Zoir). 



Labuau, 30th May (J. Whifehead). 



Borneo. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Sir H. Low [C.]. 

 Sir H. Low [C.]. 

 Sir H. Low [C.J. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Hinmdo neoxena, Gould. 



Hirundo frontalis, Gould, Ilandh. Birds Austr. i. p. 107 (18G5). 



IJirundo neoxena, Shurpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 144 (1885) ; id. ^■ 

 Wyatt, Mon. Jlirumlitudtr, i. p. 289 (1885-94) ; North, Nests i!f 

 Et/t/s Austr. Birds, p. ."O (18b9); Nehrk. Kat. EiersamDil. ^p. 85 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests .V itV/r/.s Austr. Birds, i. p. 450, pi. 15 (1901) ; 

 Sluirpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 194 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Swallow are of the spotted typo. 

 They measure from -GB to -78 in length, and from "47 to 'So in 

 breadth. 



