The Red-Rumped Swallow, The Martlv 35 



Familx—HIR UNDINID. -E. 



"FiiK RivD-RuMPKi) Swallow. 



HiriDido nifula, TE^I^^ 

 N example was found dead at Fair Isle (Shetlands), iu June 1906. 



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Family— HI R UNDINID. E. 



The Martin. 



CInlidon urbica, LiXN. 



THE House-Martin breeds througliout Europe, ranging even further north than 

 the Swallow. Seebohm sa3's of it : — " It occasionally straggles to the Canaries 

 and Madeira, and breeds abundantly in North-west Africa. In Egypt and 

 Nubia it is only known on migration ; but it breeds in Palestine, Asia Minor, 

 and Persia. Scarcely anything is known of its winter quarters, which probably 

 are somewhere in Central Africa. A few birds are supposed to winter in Algeria, 

 and stragglers are said to occur in Turkestan and India." 



Generally distributed throughout Great Britain, with the exception of the 

 Outer Hebrides. 



The adult Martin has the upper parts to the rump glossy blue-black ; the 

 rump, inner tail-coverts, and under parts pure white ; wings and tail brownish- 



