COTYLE RUPESTRIS. 
(CRAG-MARTIN.) 
Hirundo rupestris, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 167. no. 253 (1769). 
Hirondelle grise des rochers, Montbeill. in Buffon’s Ois. vii. p. 300 (1783). 
Hirundo montana, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1019 (1788). 
Chelidon rupestris, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 550. 
Cotyle rupestris, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971. 
Liblis rupestris (Scop.), Less. Comp]. a Buff. viii. p. 495 (1837). 
Hirundo rupicola, Hodgs. in Gray’s Zool. Miscell. p. 82 (1844). 
Hirundo inornata, Jerd. Suppl. Cat. 263 dis; B. of India, i. p. 166 (1862). 
Hirondelle de rocher, Hirondelle de montagne, French; Andorhina das rochas, Portuguese ; 
Golondrina de rocas, Rondine montana, Rondine marina, Italian; Huttafa, Haniefa, 
Maltese. 
Figure notabiles. 
Werner, Atlas, Chelidones, pl. 4; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 24. fig. 6; Naumann, Vog. Eur. 
taf. 146. figs. 1 & 2; Gould, B. of Eur. pl. 56; Roux, Orn. Prov. pl. 142. 
ad. supra pallidé brunnescenti-murinus, pileo saturatiore: alis et cauda saturaté fuscis, secundariis et tec- 
tricibus alarum vix pallidiore marginatis: rectricibus, duabus centralibus et lateralibus exceptis, in 
pogonio interno versus apicem macula ovali notatis: corpore imo subtus pallidé brunneo: gula, gutture 
et pectore sordidé albidis, gula brunneo striata: abdomine vix rufescente lavato; subcaudalibus sordidé 
brunneis, vix pallidiore vel albido marginatis: subalaribus saturaté brunneis: rostro corneo: pedibus 
brunneis: iride brunneda. 
Juv. adulto similis sed corpore supra saturatiore, dorsi plumis et scapularibus rufescente marginatis, secun- 
dariis albido conspicué marginatis. 
Adult Male (Mentone). Upper parts light mouse-brown, rather darker on the head; wings and tail dull 
brown, secondaries and wing-coverts with very narrow, almost imperceptible, light edgings; all the 
rectrices, except the two central and the outermost tail-feather on each side, with a large oval white 
spot on the inner web, which is only seen when the tail is spread; throat and breast dirty white, with 
a few dull brown streaks on the chin and upper part of the throat; rest of the underparts dusty brown, 
like the back, but slightly washed with rufous brown; under tail-coverts rather darker brown, very 
slightly edged with light brown or dirty white; under wing-coverts dark brown; tail slightly forked ; 
bill dark horn; feet brown; iris dark brown. Total length 5°5 inches, culmen 0:48, wing 5:25, tail 
2°25, tarsus 0°45. 
Adult Female (Sardinia). Undistinguishable in plumage from the male. 
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