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prQportion to the size of the bird and is composed of mud ; it is fixed to the roofs of 

 verandahs of houses and other buildings, or ou rocks which have protuberances similar to 

 a ceiling. In July it lays five or six eggs, and in August the young leave the nest, 

 and quit the country in September. 



In Corea, according to Mr. Kalinovvski, it is rare in summer, and does not seem to 

 come every year. In 1888 it nested, but in 1889 not one was seen. 



For the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 78 [Map]. 



HIRUNDO STRIOLATA [antea, p. 361]. 

 Add:— 



Hirundo striolata, Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. i. (1885). 



For the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 79 [Map]. 



HIRUNDO NIPALENSIS [antea, p. 365]. 

 Add:— 



Hirundo nipalensis, Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. xiv. (1890) ; Sclater, 



Ibis, 1891, p. M ; De la Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 408. 

 ? Hirundo daurica, St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 155. 

 Hirundo alpestris (nee Pall.), Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 323, 351. 



It is probably to this species that the following note by the late Sir Oliver St. John 

 refers : — " In 1881 I saw a small flock of Ped-rumped Swallows near Kach, but failed 

 to procure a specimen. Which of the many forms of H. daurica they belonged to I cannot 

 therefore say." 



Mr. Styan says that in the Lower Yangtse Basin it arrives rather later than 

 H. gidturalis, and leaves about the same time ; it is not nearly so common as the latter, 

 but still is numerous enough ; it also breeds in the natives' houses. He adds : — " I can 

 throw no light on the vexed question of the various subspecies of this group, and all the 

 specimens I have examined appear to be of one species." 



Mr. De la Touche writes : — " At Swatow both H. gidturalis and H. nipalensis are 

 residents, the former being of course far more abundant in summer than in winter. At 

 Poochow the Swallows are migratory or else summer visitants. On one or two occasions 

 only in winter I noticed there a stray House-Swallow." 



For the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 81 [Map]. 



