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XVI. — A List of the Birds of Southern Spain. 

 By Howard Saunders, F.Z.S. 



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57. Chelidon URBiCA. " Vencejo." 



Arrives in February, and begins to nest in March. The 

 Fabrica de Tabacos, at Seville, a huge building, is lined with 

 the nests of this species ; but the masses of '^ perforated mud'' 

 on the gate of the Triana were something wonderful. This 

 arch has been demolished since the revolution of September, 

 1868. 



58. HiRUNDO RUSTICA. " Goloudriua," Valencian, "Oro- 

 neta." 



I was informed that the usual date of the appearance of the 

 Swallow at Malaga was 25th January ; but I did not actually 

 observe it till 4th February in 1868 (an exceptionally cold year). 

 I found many broods hatched by 16th April in the herdsmen's 

 huts south of Seville. Amongst the tens of thousands of Swal- 

 lows that have crossed my eye in Andalucia, where they swarm 

 to a degree unknown in England, I never observed one with the 

 faintest approach to that rufous or buffy tinge on the abdomen 

 so noticeable amongst our new arrivals here, a tint which is lost 

 as the season advances, as I have remarked in a pair which 

 breed in my porch at Reigate year after year. 



59. COTYLE RUPESTRIS. 



Resident throughout the year, frequenting rocks and old 

 ruins, also modern edifices, provided they are perched on the 

 edge of a crag. A colony which frequented a gorge of the 

 Segura, were only to be seen between twelve and one each 

 day. I shot a female, with the breast bare, on the 29th March, 

 but a whole week's observation did not enable me to find their 

 nesting-place. 



60. CoTYLE RIPARIA. 



To my surprise I found this species nesting in the banks of 

 the Guadalquivir in May. I had imagined it was a more 

 northern breeder. 



