HIRUNDINIDA:—SWALLOWS. 
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RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 
Muscicapa parva Lechst. 
Adult Male (Summer): Head brownish-grey; Jdack 
brown ; wings dark brown, with paler margins; tail-coverts 
with a blackish tinge ; central tail-feathers blackish brown ; 
most of outer rectrices showing white at bases ; throat and chest 
redatsh-orange, bordered with grey ; rest of under parts whitish, 
washed on flanks with buff; bill, legs and feet brown; irides 
brown. Length 4°6 inches; culmen 0°3; wing 2°75; tail 2; 
tarsus 0°65. 
Adult Female: Similar above to male, but shows no grey ; 
paler beneath ; chest and flanks reddish-buff. 
Adult Male (Winter): Shows no grey above or beneath ; 
throat and chest buff, with dusky transverse marks; rest of 
under parts washed with buff. 
Young in first plumage: Appear to be spotted both 
above and beneath. 
Distribution : Found in Central and South-eastern Europe 
and eastward as far as India. Winters in Northern Africa. 
Scarce straggler to Northern Europe. 
Habitat: Dense forests, occasionally found in gardens or 
orchards. 
Section OSCINES LATIROSTRES. 
Family HIRUNDINIDA. 
Genus HIRUNDO. 
SWALLOW. VY 
Hirundo rustica /Zzzn. 
Adult Male: Forehead and throat chestnut ; upper parts 
generally deep blue ; wings and tail black, showing green or 
blue at different angles ; all rectrices except centre ones having 
a mesial spot of white ; a band of dark blue across chest ; rest 
of under parts white ; bill, legs and feet black ; irides brown. 
