102 CRAG SWALLOW. 



THIS species inhabits Java, and constructs its 

 nest in holes on the ground : it is less than the 

 common Swallow : its beak and legs are black : 

 the upper parts of the body shining blue black : 

 the quills black : the forehead, throat, and fore- 

 part of the neck, are rust-coloured : the rest of 

 the under parts and the rump pale cinereous: 

 wings longer than the tail, which is black and not 

 forked, and has all but the two middle feathers 

 with a white spot near the tip. 



CRAG SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo montana.) 



Hi. cinerea subtus rtifescens, rectricibus duabus intermediis ex* 



ceptisy latere interiore macula ovata alba. 

 Ash-coloured Swallow, beneath reddish, with all but the two 



middle tail-feathers with an oval white spot on their inner 



webs. 

 Hirundo montana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1020. Lath. hid. Orn. 



2. 576. 12. 



L'Hirondelle grise des rochers. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6, 64 1. 

 Crag Swallow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 5/0. 12. 



THE Crag Swallow is five inches and a half in 

 length : its beak is black : the upper parts of the 

 plumage mouse-coloured : the under parts rufous, 

 the sides inclining to brown : quills and tail grey 

 brown, all but the two middle, and the outermost 

 one on each side, with a white spot on the inner 

 web : legs downy, and of a brown colour : claws 

 black. Inhabits the rocks about Savoy, also in 



