52 CIinMl'TON~~'n,e Gnnit Courage of the Welcome Svallow. 



the swamps, but OJi. rosinae never was seen in either of these 

 situations. 



"(jeohasi1eii-<^ h. rosinae" is a very quiet bird, and greatly 

 resembles "(r. chrysorrhons" in its manners ; it has a somewhat 

 similar faint but sweet warble, and procures its food while 

 hopping about on the ground in a very sprightly manner. In 

 June of this year they had congregated into flocks of about 40 

 to 60 birds, and in the early part of the morning or late in the 

 afternoon they could be seen moving over the flats in search 

 of food, and when so engaged they did not fly simultaneously 

 from spot to spot, but each bird took short flights of about 30 

 or 40 feet and alighting in the bushes, at once hopped to the 

 ground and searched for insects for a few seconds, then took 

 another short flight in the same direction ; thus at any moment 

 there were always some birds on the wing. 



I found it very easy to procure specimens by taking up a 

 position ahead of them in their line of flight, they took little 

 notice of me, but came on in their spasmodic flights, some birds 

 alighting within six or eight yards of where I stood. At the 

 report of the gun they would all rise in a flock and fly 200 or 

 300 yards then alight, and again continue their way in quest of 

 food in their peculiar jerky fashion. 



The legs, feet, and bill of ''G.h. rosinae" are black, and the 



iris colored light cream. 



1/7/18. 



An Instance of the Great Courage of the 

 Welcome Swallow. 



By Owen Crompton, Communicated by S. A. White. 



When I was at Port Lincoln recently spending a week 

 cruising in an old cutter called ''Bonny Dundee" which belongs 

 to Mr. Dabovitdi, late inspector of fisheries, his son Chris, told 

 nie the following interesting experience he had had with a 

 l>air of swallows. Some time ago he and his father had reason 

 to go to Stansbury for two or three weeks' work to do with the 

 iiis]ie<tion of fisheries. While their boat was anchored there a 

 pair of swallows built a nest and laid eggs in an old sealskin 

 cap Avhich was hanging in the cabin. When the time for sail- 



