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brown, ochre, or reddish brown, and underlying lavender or lilac. 

 The markings consist of specks, spots, and blotches in various 

 combinations, and the most frequent types are shown by the 

 specimens figured (Plate VII. figs. 1-5). The eggs of the different 

 species of Swallows laying the same type of egg (plain or spotted) 

 cannot be separated from each other. 



Hirundo rustica, Linn. 



Hirundo rustica, Thien.Fortpflanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. xlii. fig. 11, a-e (184554) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 17 (1855-63) ; Hewitson, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, i. p. 257, pi. Ixv. figs, in & iv (1856) ; Dresser, Birds 

 Eur. iii. p. 477 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 171, pi. 17 

 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 128 (1885); id. $ Wyatt, 

 Mon. Hirundinidce, i. p. 213 (1885-94) j Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f 

 Eggs 2nd. Birds, ii. p. 184 (1890) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 269, pi. 58 A. figs. 17 & 20 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 192 

 (1901). 



Hirundo cahirica, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 361. 



The eggs of the Chimney-Swallow are of the spotted type. They 

 measure from *7 to '9 in length, and from *5 to '58 in breadth. 



4. England. 

 4. England. 



4. England. 



5. Sparham, Norfolk, 20th May 



(F. Nor gate}. 



5. Sparham, 8th June (F. N.). 

 5. Cambridgeshire. 

 4. Cambridgeshire. 



4. Cambridgeshire. 



5. Denhain, Suffolk, 25th May. 



6. Taunton, Somerset, Juue. 



4. Hounsdown, Hants, July (C. B. 



Wharton: Hargitt Coll.}. 

 4. Hounsdown, July (C. B. W.: 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



4. Finchley, Middlesex (O. &). 



3. Finchley (O. S.). 



5. Croydon, Surrey, 16th May. 



5. Ghurt, Surrey, llth July. 



6. Tilford, Surrey. 



4. Keval, Baltic Pro vs., June (Russow). 



3. Athens, 1st June (T. Kriiper). 



4. Athens, 1st June (T. K.}. 

 4. Delphi, 5th June (T. K.}. 

 4. Erzeroum, May. 



1. Palestine (H. B. Tristram}. 



2. Palestine, 1st June (H. B. T.). 

 2. Bashau, 5th May (H. B. T.). 



2. Csesarea Philippi, 9th May 



(H. B. T.). 



4. Caesarea Philippi, 12th May 

 (H. B. T.). 



3. Jask, Persian Gulf, 25th Feb. 



(A. E. Butler}. 

 2. Jask, 15th March (A. E. B.}. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.I. 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Zool. Soc. of London. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



