HIRUNDO. 239 



2. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. North America (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



4. British Columbia (J. K. Lord). N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



4. Rhode Island, 26th May. W. Radcliffe Saimders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Princeton (W. E. D. Scott). Princeton University,N.J.[E.]. 



Hirundo tahitica, Gm. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 4.) 



Hirundo tahitica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 141 (1885); id. $ 

 Wyatt, Mon. Hirundinidce, i. p. 275 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 85 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 193 (1901). 



An egg of the Pacific Swallow in the Collection is of the spotted 

 type, having a confluent zone of spots round the larger end. It 

 measures '75 by -56. 



1. Nomuka-iki, Tonga Islands, 21st Oct. J. J. Lister, Esq. [P.]. 



Hirundo javanica, Sparrm. 



Hirundo javanica, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 344 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M x 

 p. 142 (1885) ; id. Ibis, 1889, p. 430 ; id. Sf Wyatt, Mon. Hirun- 

 dinidfs, i. p. 279 (1885-94) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind 

 Birds, ii. p. 186 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 194 (1901). 



The eggs of the Tropical Swallow are of the spotted type. Those 

 taken in India measure, on the average, -65 by '5 ; those taken in 

 Borneo are large, measuring from '65 to *8 in length, and from 

 5 to -54 in breadth. 



2. Nilghiri Hills, S. India. Hume Coll. 



3. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, 23rd March. Hume Coll. 



5. Labuan, Borneo. Sir H. Low [C.]. 



4. Labuan. Sir H. Low |_0.]. 

 3. Labuan. Sir H. Low [C.j. 



5. Labuan (Sir H. Low). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Labuan, 30th May (J. Whitehead). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Borneo. Crowley Bequest. 



Hirundo neoxena, Gould. 



Hirundo frontalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 107 (1865). 



Hirundo neoxena, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 144 (1885) ; id. 8f 

 Wyatt, Mon. Hirundinida, i. p. 289 (1885-94) ; North, Nests $ 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 30 (1889) ; Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 85 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs' Austr. Birds, i. p. 450, pi. 15 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 194 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Swallow are of the spotted type. 

 They measure from -66 to -78 in length, and from '47 to '55 in 

 breadth. 



