HIRUNDINIDE. Q77 
edges with bay; under this again, from the base of 
the lower mandible to beneath the eur-coverts, is a 
long streak of the same colour as the top of the 
head; the back, rump and tail-coverts are a beautiful 
bright glossy ight blue; the scapulars and a part of 
the back are a darker blue; the wing-coverts are the 
same, but with a speck of the bright blue of the back 
at the tip of each feather; the quill-feathers are dark 
dusky, almost black, on the inner webs, greenish blue 
on the outer; the tail-feathers are brightish blue, but 
darker than the tail-coverts; the chin and throat 
are dull dirty white; the rest of the under parts are 
bay, palest on the under tail-coverts; legs and toes 
orange; the outside toe is united to the middle one 
as far as the second joint, and the inside toe as far 
as the first joint; claws rather darker than the 
toes. 
The egg is a plain shining white. 
Family H1rrunpDinip&. 
There are now six Swallows and Martins and 
three Swifts included in the list of British birds, 
three of which seem to have only made one appear- 
ance in England: as Somersetshire birds I can only 
claim five out of the nine. 
Swattow, Hirundo rustica. This well-known and 
always-welcome summer visitor 1s very common 
2B 
