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Rufula = reddish, diminutive of rufus = red, from the characteristic colour 

 of the bird's nape and rump. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor which 

 has twice been observed in our Islands, namely, several 

 examples at Fair Isle, Shetlands, June 1906, and one in Kent, 

 May 1909. 



General Distribution. The Red-rumped Swallow breeds 

 in western Asia from Asia Minor to Afghanistan ; also in 

 Morocco, Cyprus, and Greece. It has occurred in north-east 

 Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, southern France, and Heligoland. 



Genus DELICHON Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 104. 

 Type : D. nepalensis Moore. 

 Delichon, a metathesis of Chelidon. 



Delichon urbica. MARTIN. 



HirundO urbica Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 192 : 

 Sweden. 



Chelidon urbica (Linn.); B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 44; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, p. 87 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 165. 



Urbica = found in cities. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Summer Visitor, 

 common and widely distributed over the mainland of Great 

 Britain, less so in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland, 

 and rare there as a nesting-species. A Bird of Passage 

 chiefly along our east coasts en route to and from its summer 

 haunts in northern Europe and its African winter quarters. 



General Distribution. The Martin breeds throughout 

 Europe, as far as 70 N. latitude and east to the Yenesei and 

 Turkestan. It winters in Angola, south-east Africa, and 

 India. Allied forms have been distinguished in north-west 

 Africa, and many parts of Asia, 



