626 NOTES FROM THE SOUTH. 



HIRUNDO RUSTICA. Swallow. 



First seen on March 29th at Ragusa. A few days later 

 some pairs took tip their residence at Lacroma. In Southern 

 Dalmatia I found remarkably few Swallows, but in the 

 Herzegovina and Northern Dalmatia they were much more 

 abundant. 



CHELIDON URBICA. Martin. 



I saw the first in the Herzegovina during the beginning of 

 April. In Dalmatia I found them almost quite solitary in 

 the south, somewhat commoner in the north, but even there 

 they were not numerous. 



COTYLE RIPARIA. Sand-Martin. 



During the first days of April flocks of Sand-Martins visited 

 a cave on the shore of the island of Lacroma. On April 20th 

 and 21st I saw a few on the rivers Cettina and Kerka in 

 Northern Dalmatia. I was also informed by a trustworthy 

 observer that some of these birds had passed the winter in a 

 cave near Ragusa. 



CYPSELUS APUS. Swift. 



On March 29th I saw a few on the walls of the old fortifi- 

 cations at Ragusa ; on the following days large flocks ; but 

 later only some stray pairs that flew about the cliffs of Lacroma 

 in the morning and evening. In the Herzegovina and Dal- 

 matia I everywhere met with Swifts, but nowhere in large 

 numbers. 



CYPSELUS MELBA. Alpine Swift. 



First observed on the walls of Eagusa on March 29th. On 

 the following days they came in great numbers and there re- 

 mained. In the middle of April a colony of at least twenty 

 pairs took up their quarters in a cave on the shore of Lacroma. 



