Subfamily HIRUNDININ^. 



BARN-SWALLOW. Hirundo rustica. 



Common summer visitor. Breeds in North Africa, Europe south of 

 lat. 68°, Siberia south of lat. 60°, Japan, Palestine, Asia Minor, Persia, 

 and the extreme north of India. Winters in Africa south of the Atlas, 

 India, and Burma. Eastern examples differ slightly from western ones. 



HOUSE-MARTIN. Chelidon urbica. 



Common summer visitor. Breeds in North Africa, Europe south of 

 lat. 71° in Scandinavia, West Siberia south of lat. 66°, Palestine, Asia 

 Minor, Persia, and North-west India. Winters in Central Africa and 

 Western India. 



SAND-MARTIN. Cotyle riparia. 



Common summer visitor. Circumpolar species, breeding from the 

 confines of the Tropics to a few degrees above the Arctic Circle, and 

 wintering in the Tropics of both hemispheres. 



PURPLE MARTIN. Progne purpurea. 



Supposed accidental visitor; four records (three English, one Irish), 

 but none satisfactory. Breeds in the United States and Canada up to 

 lat. 68°. Winters in Mexico. 



Suborder SCANSORES, 



Family PICID^. 



GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. Picus major. 



Local resident in England, rare visitor to Scotland and Ireland. Re- 

 sident in the Canaries, Europe south of the Arctic Circle, Asia Minor, 

 Siberia up to about lat. 60°, and Japan. Subject to some local variation. 



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