from Dee/fontein, Cape Colony. 315 



made of mud, lined with feathers ; they are placed on the 

 sides of houses and rocks.] 



55. HlRUNDO RUSTICA. 



Hirundo rustica Linn. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 362, 840 

 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. B. x. p. 128 (1885) ; id. Hand-1. B. iii. 

 p. 192 (1901) ; id. & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. i. p. 213, 

 pis. xxxvi.-xxxviii. (1893) ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, ii. 

 p. 289 (1901) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 407 (1903). 



a, b, c, d. <$ juv. ; e. ? juv. Deelfontein, Nov. 13-16, 

 1902. 



/. <? ad. Deelfontein, Dec. 13, 1902. 



The young birds are all moulting into their first fully 

 adult blue plumage, and four of them have still whitish fore- 

 heads. The December bird has completed most of the moult, 

 but still retains the old quill -feathers. 



[Very common in the winter months, the young arriving 

 before the old birds, which follow about three weeks later.] 



56. Hirundo albigularis. 



Hirundo albigularis Strickl. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 364, 



840 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. B. x. p. 146 (1885) ; id. & Wyatt, 

 Monogr. Hirund. i. p. 303, pi. Iii. (1889) ; Stark, Faun. 

 S. Afr., Birds, ii. p. 292 (1901) j Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. 

 p. 194 (1901); Reichenow, Yog. Afrikas, ii. p. 405 (1903). 



a. ? ad. Deelfontein, Jan. 6, 1901. 



b. ? ad. „ March 10, 1902. 



c. d. <J ? ad. „ April 3, 1902. 

 e. <J ad. „ Oct. 31, 1902. 



[Not so common as H. cucullata, and generally found 

 round the farms. It breeds with us.] 



57. Hirundo dimidiata. 



Hirundo dimidiata Sund. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 366, 



841 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. B. x. p. 148 (1885) ; id. & Wyatt, 

 Monogr. Hirund. i. p. 313, pi. lv. (1889) ; Stark, Faun. 

 S. Afr., Birds, ii. p. 293 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. 

 p. 195 (1901) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 403 

 (1903). 



a. ? ad. Deelfontein, April 3, 1902. 



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