248 



niETJNDiNiDin;. 



(T. Ai/res : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



3. Transvaal 



Coll.). 



3. Orange Free State, 28th Dec. 



4. Blonifonieiu. 

 2. Natal. 



Dr. Exton [P.]. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Capt. SavUe G. Beid [P.]. 



Petrochelidon ariel (Gould). 



Lagenoplastes ariel, Gould, Handb. Birch Austr. i. p. 113 (1865) ; North, 



Nests ^- Ef/f/s Anstr. Birds, p. 32 (1839). 

 PetroclieliJon ariel, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 199 (1885) ; id. ^ 



Wijntt, Moil. Hinmdinidce, ii. p. .585 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 



samml. p. 87 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eyqs Austr. Birds, i. p. 457 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901). " 



The eggs of the Fairy ClifF-Swallow are of two types : plain 

 white ; aud white delicately speckled, chiefly at the broad end, with 

 rufous and lilac. They measure from -62 to -71 in length, and 

 from -48 to -5 in breadth. 



Dawson River, Queensland, 13th 



Sept. {North Coll.). 

 New South Wales, 27th Sept. 

 New South Wales. 

 Dobroyde, N.S.W. {E. P. Ramsay: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 Svdney, N.S.W. {Tristram Coll.). 

 Mount Druitt, N.S.W., 28th Oct. 



{North Coll.). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley J3equest. 



Petrochelidon fluvicola {Bhjth). 



Petrochelidon fluvicola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 200 (1885) ; id. ^ 

 Wyatt, Mon. Iliriindinidce, ii. p. 677 (1885-94) : Sharpe, Hand-l 

 iii. p. 201(1901). 



Hirundo fluvicola, Gates ed. Hume, Nests S^- E<jgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 191 

 (1890) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 2, pi. — . flo- g(3 

 (1889) ; Betham, op. cit. xii. p. 781 (1899). ' ''" 



The eggs of the Indian Cliff-Swallow arc of two types : plain 

 white; and white, speckled and mottled with rufous, yellowish 

 brown, and lavender, chiefly at the broad end. They measure from 

 •65 to -8 in length, and from -48 to -58 in breadth. 



