50 BIRDS OF DAMABA LAND. 



and two others from Oudonga, are in the collection of Mr. R. 

 B. Sharpe.— Ed.] 



62. Himndo rustica, Linn. Chimney-Swallow. 

 Hirundo rustica, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 54. 



„ „ Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. to Orn. 



1852, p. 144. 

 „ „ Layard's Cat. No. 79. 



„ „ Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 410. 



„ „ (part.), Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, 



p. 134. 

 „ „ Sharpe & Dresser, in I'roc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 244. 



This well-known species is pretty common in Damara 

 and Great Namaqua Land during the rainy season, and 

 I have found it very numerous at Wahisch Bay and in 

 other localities near the coast. 



In uncivilized parts of Africa these Swallows affix their 

 nests to some projection of a rock or trunk of a tree, or 

 occupy cavities in rocks or banks. 



The iris is dark brown, the bill black, the legs brownish. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 7 ?, 6 8 



Leng-th of folded wing ... 5 410 



tarsus ti 5 



middle toe ....05 05 



tail 3 3 3 



bill 08 08 



[Messrs. Sharpe and Dresser, in their paper in the Zoological 

 Society's ' Proceedings ' above referred to, have recorded some 

 interesting facts relative to the changes of plumage which this 

 species undergoes during its migration to Southern Africa. — Ed.] 



63. Hirundo CUCuUata, Bodd. Rousdline Swallow. 



L" Hirondelk' rouseUine, Levaillant's t)is. d'Afr. pi. 245. fig. 1. 



