HIRDNDO lUIFUr-A IW) 



newspapc!)', and liitviiij,' al'L(n'wiu<lH \>r,r.ii H',\inH\{ir.rA in Nidiirr (Jinn: 

 18tli, 1885, p. lOlj, U) Llu! d'fccL tliiil, ii, booUHollor of i\i<: niinui of 

 M(\y()r, living,' iiL JJoiinclnir^,', in Uio iiutinnn ol' 1881 attaclicd a iaiw:! to 

 tho wirif^ ()( a Swallow wliicli had iiciBlcd in Im'h Iioiiki:, wi'itin/4 on Llic 

 labol till! woidH : " Where liaHt thou paHKcd the winter?" 'I'Ik! 

 followiii{( Hprin^,' the Hwallow roturnod to M(!y(;i'H Iioiihi!, luid under 

 itK wiiif,' wan I'oinid anotluir iahid with tlu; anwwcir : "At ji'loniiice, in 

 tho hoiweof (Jasteiiari; many ^rectinf^'s." Nocomniout is hero needod 

 except that made hy I'rof. (Jif^iioli that " no SwailowH are in the habit 

 of winterJDf,' in Florence!." 



TjocIk! incliiden //. cahirica, Tjicht. (//. savujnil, Stoph.), in hiw 

 litit of Alf,'erian binlH (iCxpl. Scieiit. Alf,'. OiH. ii, p. 07), as being of 

 accidental occurrence! in that country. Blanc also HayH he once Haw 

 a Swallow in 'I'lniis, witii very dark iniderpartH, wliieli lie took to be 

 of that Hpeeies, but, ho far an 1 am awant, there! is no well-authen- 

 ticated instance of tho Chestnut-bellied Swallow, a resident and 

 non-migratory species peculiar to North-east Africa and I'alestine, 

 having ever occurred so far west. 



HIRUNDO RUFULA, Teiin.iiuck. 

 HED-llUMPKJJ SWAIiLOW. 



Hirundo rufula, Tnmvi. Man. iii, p. 1'.)H (1835); Shnr/ir, (Jul. liirda Ilrlt. 

 Mus. X, p. 150 ; Koeniij, J. f. 0. 1892, p. ;JG'1 ; IVhUalcnr, J his, IH'JS, p. 97. 



Dcscnjjlion. — Adult male, spring, from Tunis, North TunlHla. 



A very narrow frontal liii(3, extending over and hcliiiid the eye, and a 

 broad liand (ni tlii! nape rufouH-cliestnut ; crown, back and scajxikirs metallic 

 blue-black, tho back showing Home white, owing to the feathers on this part 

 having conspicuous white bases ; tho lower part of back and the rump 

 bright rufe^uH-chostnut, becoming whitish towards the tail-coverts; quills 

 and tails black, with a slight bluish-green gloss; underparts bufl', tinged 

 with pale chestnut, the dark shafts of the feathers giving a slightly striated 

 appearance. 



Iris very dark brown ; bill black ; feet brown. 



Total length 7 inches, wing 475, culmen -30, tarsus -GO. 



Adult female similar to the male. 



