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certain amount of variation in the general coloration of the 

 upper parts, and birds from the Yemen and Aden districts 

 are certainly darker than those from Egypt, hut there is a 

 good deal of variation in this respect, and probably the paler 

 birds come from the more desert localities. 



Riparia rupestris. 



Hirundo rupestris Scopoli, Annus I. Ilist.-Nat. 1769, 

 p. 167: Tyrol. 



a. ? . ]\Ienakha, 7500 ft. 27. xii. 12. 



The Crag-Martin has not hitherto been noticed in southern 

 Arabia. It ranges through southern Europe and northern 

 Africa, and as far east as northern China. 



Hirundo rustica. 



Hirundo rustica Linnseus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 191 : 

 Sweden. 



Yerbury, 86, p. 14, 96, p. 22; Barnes, 93, p. 68; 

 O.-Grant, 1900, p. 257. 



a. ^ . Hajeilah, 2080 ft. 24.iii.13; 



b,c. ? . Sanaa, 7600 ft. 16-1 7. ix. 13. 



Hirundo rufula. 



Hirundo rufula Temminck, Man. d'Orn. 2nd ed. 1835, iii. 

 p. 298 : Egypt. 



a. ? . Menakha. I.ii.l3. 



b. S . Wasil, 4000 ft. 5. iii. 13. 



c. <S . Sok-al-Khamis, 7000 ft. 26. vii. 13. 



The Red-rumped Swallow has not previously been recorded 

 from southern Arabia, but as it ranges from Morocco to 

 Afghanistan and south to Abyssinia, it is hardly surprising 

 to find it in the Yemen mountains, where it presumably 

 breeds. 



Cuculus canorns. 



Cuculus canorus Linuseus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 110 : 

 Swedeu. 



Barnes, 93, p. 72; O.-Grant, 1900, p. 258. 

 a, 6. c? ? . Sanaa, 7600 ft. 6. ix. 13. 



