Society for the Jirotection of Birds. 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Edited by H. E. DRESSER, B.S; Figs: 
No. 4.—SWALLOWS. 
byt rtOMAS).SOUTHWELE: F.Z.S. 
SWALLOW. 
I. Name.-SWALLOW. 
Family—Hirundinide. 
Genus—1l. Hirundo. Hirundo rustica. The Swallow. 
5 2. Chelidon. C. urbica. House Martin. 
; 3. Cotile. C. riparia. Sand Martin. 
II. General Description. 
Tue Swatrtow.-——Adult, male: Forehead chestnut; all the upper parts shining steel 
blue ; wing and tail-quills black glossed with bluish-green, the middle tail feathers 
wholly so, the others with the inner web more or less patched with white ; chin and 
throat chestnut, followed by a broad band of black, glossed with steel blue; rest of 
the lower surface warm buffy white (deepest about the vent) ; legs, toes and claws 
black. Female: Colours not so pronounced. Length, 8} in., outermost. tail 
feathers nearly 5 in.; shorter in the female, and the full length not acquired by the 
young until after the first moult, 
Tue House Marrin.—Adult in both sexes: Upper parts glossy bluish-black ; rump 
Illustrations on pages 1, 4, and 6, from “ Manual of British Birds,” by Mr. Howard Saunders, by kind 
permission of Messrs. Gurney & Jackson. 
