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respecting tlie Swallow as observed by him at Coimbra during tlie last fifteen years, 

 showing that the average date for arrival is the 10th February, and for departure the 

 13th October." 



In Tangier Mr. Pavier states that it breeds, and in autumn numbers of migrants 

 join the resident birds and all depart for their winter home. The spring migration 

 takes place in January and February, when great flights pass northward. Mr. Tyrwhitt 

 Drake records the Swallow as occui'ring all the year round in Tangier and Eastern 

 Morocco ; but this, as will be seen, is not Favier's opinion. In Algeria, according to 

 Loche, it is a spring and autumn migrant pi'incipally, but also breeds in the country. 

 In the Province of Constantine, Mr. Dixon records the species as one of the most widely 

 spread of Algerian birds, and quite as late a breeder as the House-Martin. 



Captain Ptcid states that during his visit to Teneriffe he noticed tlie first appearance 

 of the Swallow at Buena Vista on the 26th of February, and when Mr. Meade- Waldo 

 visited the Canary Islands he found the Common Swallow in thousands. In the Azores 

 Mr. Godman says it is an occasional visitant, and Mr. Salvin states that on the 28th of 

 May some Swallows came on board the ship about 180 miles to the eastward of the 

 above-named islands. 



In Corsica, Mr. John Whitehead says that the Swallow breeds abundantly. He 

 saw it first on the 16th of March, and noticed a few going south on the 16th of November. 

 Mr. Basil Brooke observed the species in Sardinia, and writes : — " Arrives in smaU 

 numbers about the end of February or early in March, from which time they keep 

 gradually increasing in numbers. Young birds were hatched about the 9th of April." 

 Mr. C. Wright gives the following note : — " Arrives in Malta in great numbers early in 

 March, and may be seen in town and country till May. At the end of August on its 

 return southward it again makes its appearance, and is plentifully spread over the island 

 till October." 



The Swallow is found everywhere in Italy and Sicily. Count Salvador! says it is 

 a very common summer resident, arriving in March and April and leaving in September 

 and October. Professor Giglioli remarks on the curious way in which the bird is 

 absent in certain parts of Italy and Sicily. Thus Professor Doderlein found very few 

 nesting near Palermo, and Dr. Giglioli himself has observed the same thing at Naples. 

 He attributes the fact to the construction of the houses in Central Italy, which afford 

 no sheltering eaves for the nesting of the species. 



In Greece it is a summer visitor, breeding throughout the country in small numbers. 

 Professor Brusiua states that it is found in Cattaro and Montenegro generally, but it was 

 not observed at Cetiuje. Messrs. Elwes and Buckley found the species everywhere 

 common in Turkey, and Lord Lilford says that it is exceedingly abundant in Cyprus. 

 Dr. Guillemard saw the first in 1887 on the 24th of February, and in 1888 on the 

 13th of the same month. 



The Swallow of Palestine has generally been considered to be H. savignii, the resident 

 species of Egypt. In the British Museum are three specimens collected by Canon 



