HIRUNDO. 



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2. North America. 



4. North America {Hejishaw Coll.). 



4. North America {Tristram Coll.). 



3. North America. 



4. British Columbia (/. K. Lord). 

 4. Rhode Island, 26th May. 



2. l»rinceton ( W. E. D. Scott). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq, 



[P.]. 

 Princeton University,N. J. [E.]. 



Hirundo tahitica, Gm. 



(Plate VII. fig. 4.) 



Ilirundo tahitica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 141 (1885) ; id. ^• 

 Wyatt, Mon. Hirvndinidce, i. p. 275 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Ei'crsamml. p. 85 (1899); Sliarpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 193 (1901). 



An egg- of the Pacific Swallow in the Collection is of the spotted 

 type, having a confluent zone of spots round the larger end. It 

 measures "75 by "56. 



1. Nomuka-ild, Tonga Islands, 21st Oct. J. J. Lister, Esq. [P.]. 



Hirundo javanica, Sparrm. 



Ilirundo javanica, Sharjje, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 344 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. x 

 p. 142 (1885) ; id. Ibis, 1889, p. 430 ; id. 4'- Wi/att, Alon. Hirun- 

 dinidce, i. p. 279 (1885-94) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eqys Lid. 

 Birds, ii. p. 180 (1890) ; Sharpe, LIa?id-l. iii. p. 194 (1901),' 



The eggs of the Tropical Swallow are of the spotted type. Those 

 taken in India measure, on the average, '65 by 'b ; those taken in 

 Borneo are large, measuring from -05 to '8 in length, and from 

 •5 to '54 in breadth. 



2. Nilghiri Hills, S.India. Hume CulL 



3. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, 23rd March. Hume Coll. 



5. Labuan, Borneo. Sir PI. Low [C.]. 



4. Labuan. Sir II. Low [C], 

 3, Labuan. Sir II. Low [C. |. 



5. Labuan (.%• 7/. iow). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Labuan, 30th May (/. Whitehead). Crowley Bequest. 

 1, Borneo. Crowley Bequest. 



Hirundo neoxena, Gould. 



Hirundo frontalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 107 (18G5). 



Hirundo neoxena, Shari^e, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 144 (1885) ; id. ^ 

 Wi/att, Mon. Hirundinidce, i. p. 289 (1885-94) ; North, Nests ^• 

 Ef/f/s Austr. Birds, p. 30 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaminl. p. 85 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^- Eqqs Austr. Birds, i. p. 450, jil. 15 (1901) ; 

 Shariye, Iland-l. iii. p. 194 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Swallow are of the spotted type. 

 They measure from -66 to -TS in length, and from '47 to -55 in 

 breadth. 



