50 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



and two others from Ondonga, are in the collection of Mr. R. 

 B. Sharpe. ED.] 



62. Hirimdo mstica, Linn. Chimney-Swallow. 

 Hirundo rustica, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 54. 



., Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. to Orn. 



1852, p. 144. 



Layard's Cat. No. 79. 



Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 410. 



(part.), Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, 



p. 134. 

 Sharpe & Dresser, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 244. 



This well-known species is pretty common in Damara 

 and Great Namaqua Land during the rainy season, and 

 I have found it very numerous at Walvisch Bay and in 

 other localities near the coast. 



In uncivilized parts of Africa these Swallows affix their 

 nests to some projection of a rock or trunk of a tree, or 

 occupy cavities in rocks or banks. 



The iris is dark brown, the bill black, the legs brownish. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 73 68 



Length of folded wing ... 5 410 



tarsus 06 05 



middle toe .... 5 05 



tail 33 30 



bill 08 08 



[Messrs. Sharpe and Dresser, in their paper in the Zoological 

 Society's ' Proceedings ' above referred to, have recorded some 

 interesting facts relative to the changes of plumage which this 

 species undergoes during its migration to Southern Africa. ED.] 



63. Hirundo CUCUllata, Bodd. Eouselline Swallow. 



L'Hirondelle rouselline, Leraillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 245. fig. 1 . 



