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cbocolate-brown, but the crown and nape are ligbter and 

 more grey in tone, and the wing is, as a rule, much shorter. 

 Nothing has been recorded as to the breeding-habit.s o£ this 

 race. In mid-May I came across a pair haunting some very 

 broken ground in a ravine at about 2500 ft., but though I 

 explored much likely ground I failed to find any trace of 

 the nest. 



94. CiNCLUs ciNCLUs MERiDiONALis Brchm. South-Euro- 

 pean Dipper. 



A winter visitor, once recorded. Hartert (Vog. pal. 

 Fauna, i. p. 791) gives a single winter bird from Corsica 

 (Whitehead coll.) as belonging to this race. 



95. Chelidon rustica (L.). Swallow. 



Local names : Rondina (Giglioli) ; Rundulla (gen.). 



A very common summer visitor to all the low ground, 

 but not ranging very high in the mountains, where it is 

 replaced in the hill-villages by the House-Martin. Many 

 individuals, of course, only visit the island on passage. First 

 arrival noted on March 14 {Wharton)-, March 16, 1883, and 

 ]\Iarch 22, 1884 {Whitehead); March 28 {Parrot). Full 

 clutches may be found by the middle of May. Jesse notes 

 that the colour of the breast varied from pure white to pale 

 chestnut in a flock near Lake Biguglia on April 17. A few 

 were seen on passage south by Whitehead on November 16. 



96. HiRUNDO URBicA (L.). Housc-Martin. 



Local names : Cariancola (Giglioli) ; Rundulla (gen.). 



Another very common summer resident and passage 

 migrant. It breeds in numbers in the towns on the low 

 ground, and also in the hill-villages among the mountains. 

 Dates of first arrival : March 14 {Wharton) ; March 20, 1883, 

 and March 21, 1884 {Whitehead) ; :March 29, 1910 {Parrot). 



97. RiPARiA RiPARiA (L.). Saud-Martln. 



A passage migrant in small numbers, which apparently 

 does not stay to breed. Arrives early in April ; first noted 

 April 11, 1883, and April 8, 1884, by Whitehead, and not 

 observed after the time of passage. Giglioli saw birds on the 

 autumn passage between Ajaccio and Cargese on October 5. 



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