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This species is found from Japan down to Java and Flores, 

 summering in the northern part of its range, and wintering in the 

 south. It is common throughout China. 



821. Hirundo daurica. The Daurian Striated Swallow. 



Hirundo daurica, Linn. Mantissa Plant, p. 528 (1771) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



B. M. x, p. 159. 



Hirundo alpestris, Pall. JReis. Russ.Reichs, ii, p. 709 (1773). 

 Lillia intermedia, Hume, S. F. v, p. 263 (1877). 

 Hirundo intermedia (Hume), Hume } Cat. no. 85 ter. 



Coloration. Resembles H. striolata closely, but has the lower 

 plumage distinctly rufous, and the striations less coarse ; the shafts 

 of the feathers of the rump are with few exceptions rufous, a very 

 few only being very finely black. 



The dimensions are much the same as those of H. striolata. 



This species, when compared with the last, appears very distinct, 

 and it has a very different geographical distribution. 



Distribution. The only two specimens of this species killed 

 within Indian limits that I have seen, are two in the Hume 

 Collection from Sadiya in Assam, obtained in June. These are the 

 types of Lillia intermedia (Hume). This species is found over a 

 large portion of Northern and Central Asia, but does not extend 

 to Japan or China. I have seen specimens from the Irtisch river, 

 Dauria, and Mongolia, all killed in the height of summer. It is 

 probably a resident species except in the more northern part of 

 its range. 



822. Hirundo nepalensis. Hodgson's Striated Swallow. 



Hirundo nipalensis, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. v, p. 780 (1836) ; Hume, Cat. 



no. 85 bis ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 306 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x, p. 160 ; 



Gates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 195. 

 Hirundo daurica, Linn., Blyth, Cat. p. 198 (pt.) ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 



p. 92 (pt.) ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 160 (pt.). 

 Cecropis arctivitta, Swirih. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 346. 

 Lillia daurica (Linn.} apud Hume, N. fy E. p. 78. 

 Lillia nipalensis (Hodgs.}, Hume, S. F. v, p. 262. 



The JRed-rumped Sivalloiu, Jerd. 



Coloration. Merely a small form of H. striolata, the wing 

 seldom exceeding 4'7, and being frequently under 4'5 ; the colour 

 of the lower plumage is also more rufous and the striations rather 

 less coarse ; very few of the feathers of the rump have black shafts, 

 while many are fringed paler. 



The expediency of separating this form from H. striolata may be 

 questioned by many and with much justice. Having regard, 

 however, to the fact that no Swallow of this type either from the 

 Himalayas or from the plains of India ever attains the size of the 

 true H. striolata, nor has the striations on the lower plumage as 

 coarsely marked, nor those on the rump as numerous or distinct, I 



