112 HIBTJNDTNID^. 



BufUla - reddish, diminutive of rufus = red, from the characteristic colour 

 of the bird's nape and ramp. 



Distribution in the British Islands.— A Rare Visitor which 

 has twice been observed in our Islands, namely, several 

 examples at Fair Isle, Shetlands, June 1906, and one in Kent, 

 May 1909. 



General Distribution. — The Red-rumped Swallow breeds 

 in western Asia from Asia Minor to Afghanistan ; also in 

 Morocco, Cyprus, and Greece. It has occurred in north-east 

 Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, southern France, and Heligoland. 



Genus DELICHON Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 104. 

 Type : D. nepalensis Moore. 

 Delichon, a metathesis of Ckelidon. 



Delichon urbica. Martin. 



HirundO urbica Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 175b, p. 192 : 

 Sweden. 



Chelidon urbica {Linn.) ; B. 0. Tf. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 44; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, p. 87 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 165. 



Urbica = found in cities. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Summer Visitor, 

 common and widely distributed over the mainland of Great 

 Britain, less so in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland, 

 and rare there as a nesting- species. A Bird of Passage 

 chiefly along our east coasts en route to and from its summer 

 haunts in northern Europe and its African winter quarters. 



General Distribution. — The Martin breeds throughout 

 Europe, as far as 70° N. latitude and east to the Yenesei and 

 Turkestan. It winters in Angola, south-east Africa, and 

 India. Allied forms have been distinguished in north-west 

 Africa, and many parts of Asia, 



