fully expect that connecting-links beruceii the smallest H. rufula ami tiir hu-i-i II. snillii will 

 be discovered: — 





a. 



//. 



rvfnla. 



6. 

 in. 



Sex 

 2 . iniknown. 

 in. in. 



a. 



Mai-occo 





. 



4-7 



h. 



Genoa . . 





... 



4-8 



c,d,e 



Cyprus . 





. 4-75 





f. 



Greece . . 





4.-S5 





9- 



Smyrna 





... 



4-7.0 ' 



h,i. 



jj 







4-7 



kj. 



jj 





. 4-85 





m. 



>j 





. 4-9 





n. 



jj 





. 



4-6 



o,p. 



Tiberias . . 





. 4-65 





f/- 



Nazareth . 





. 



4-7 



r. 



Mt. Tabor . 





. 4-6 





s. 



Mt. Carmel 





. 



4-8 



t. 



Banias . 





. 4-8 





V. 



Wady El Becrha 



. 4-8 





V, w. 



Bushire . . 





. 4-8 



4-G 



X, 



Baluchistan 



. 



. 4-7 





fi. II. sa'llii. 



a. Pushut 



0. 



r. Hyan Khcyl 



fl. Nepal . 



e. 



mikiiiwM. 



ill. 



M.". 

 . 1 :i:j 



1-.", 

 . 11 



r 1 ."< 



Had. Countries of the Mediterranean from the South of France and lt;ily, .Vljjeria ami Mai'occo ca-^t- 

 wards to Greece and Asia Minor, Palestine, and Egypt, extending soutlnvards to Abyssinia, ami 

 east^yards through Southern Persia to Tui-kestan, Afghanistan, and the liimalayas as far a^ 

 Nepal. 



This pretty Swallow is an inhabitant of South-eastern Enrope and the countries Ixirderiiii; 

 the Mediterranean Sea, wlience it extends eastwards fo tin- lliiiialnya^ and 'rurkc-^lan, 

 and southwards to Abyssinia. 



It has occurred once in Heligoland, a specimen oblaiiicd mi llir ;'. jsi n\' .M,iy, l^."i.'i. 

 being in the famous collection oi" Mr. fiatkc. lis occiineiici' in l^mlaud lias ;i1m) lucn 

 noted, one having been reported as sec>u at I'taizaucr by \\\r latr .Mr. Ilndd u-/. |'>, ( ). I . 

 List Br. B. p. 43). 



In the Mediterranean countries this Swallow iias imt liecn rceonlcd IVoni S|);iiii, or 

 from Corsica or Sardinia. lS\y\. ,laubcrt and nartliclrniy-l-.iponniuTayi' n-c.. rd the 

 capture of several specimens in the South of I'ranci'. 



Count Salvadori's note on llu- species in llalyis as inllnw s : — '• .\ rare bird, .if 

 Avhich s])ecimens are captiu'cd in cerlain year.-^ in llie I'-.iri ili-liici, in Sieily. ;in(i in 

 Liguria ; it is also said lobe found in :\lalla. in TiiMMiiy, ;ind in riednioiit. The nesiin- 

 of the species on the old leniph' id' SeL;e>la in Sicily lias '-nil lo lie verilleib" I'rofcssor 

 (Jiglioli writes: — "A rarity willi us, and oeeiirriii-' le-^s rreiinenll\ at (ienon ,-ind :il Hari. 

 as far as iiiv infonnation -'oes. On llie :2.')lliof .March. 1^77. ihetirM Sw;dh)w I saw 



