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At least two members of the genus Hirundo, or true 

 Swallows, are found in Australia ; of these one is very 

 common there ; the other, in all probability, is merely a 

 transient visitor to its northern portions. Independently of 

 these, Australia has two other species, one allied to the Swal- 

 lows, the other to the Martins, to each of which I have been 

 constrained to give new generic names : one of these lays its 

 eggs on the bare wood in the holes of trees ; while the other 

 constructs a singular nest under the eaves of the house and 

 verandahs of the settlers. This last beautifully represents the 

 Chelidon urbica of Britain, from which it mainly differs in 

 being destitute of feathers on the tarsi. There is no true 

 Cotyle, or Sand-Martin, in Australia ; but there is a bird 

 whose habits and economy are very similar, for it occasionally 

 drills a hole in a bank-side in which to nidify, like to our 

 C. riparia. This is the only species known of M. Cabanis's 

 genus Cheramceca. 



Genus HIRUNDO, Linnceus. 



The members of the genus Hirundo, or true Swallows, 

 inhabit Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, the Indian 

 Islands, and Australia. 



Sp. 53. HIRUNDO FRONTALIS, Quoy et Gaimard. 

 Welcome Swallow. 



Hirundo frontalis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de I'Astrol., Ois. tab. 12. fig. 1. 



neoxena, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part x. 1842, p. 131. 



• [Herse) frontalis, Less. Compl. Bufi^., torn. viii. p. 497. 



Cecropis frontalis, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 174. 



Kun-na-meet, Aborigines of the lowland districts of Western Australia. 



Ber-rin-nin, Aborigines of New South Wales. 



Hirundo neoxena, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. ii. pi. 13. 

 The arrival of this bird in the southern portions of Australia 



