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ii. p. 241; Newton, ii. p. 340; Gould, ii. pi. 5 ; Harting, 

 p. 35 ; Dresser, iii. p. 477. 

 Swallow, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 213. 



Eustlca = of or belonging to the country, rus. 



A summer visitant to all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 though rare in the outer Scotch isles. It has a wide range 

 in the Palaearctic Region, and winters throughout the Ethio- 

 pian and Indian Regions. 



[Hirundo rufula. Eed-bumfisd Swallow. 



Hirundo rufula, Temminck, Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 298 

 (1835). 

 Hirundo rufula, Naum. xiii. p. 209 ; Gray, p. 33 ; Dresser, 

 iii. p. 487. 



Bufula, fem. of rufuhis = reddish, diminutive of rufus — red, from the cha- 

 racteristic colour of the nape and rump. 



One was reported as seen at Penzance by the late Mr. Rodd 

 (Zool. 1853, p. 3753; Birds of Cornwall, p. 69, 1880). The 

 species inhabits South-eastern Europe, and Asia as far east 

 as Turkestan.] 



[Hirundo bicolor. Wmite-bellieb Swallow. 



Hirundo bicolor, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. i. p. 61 

 (1807). 

 Hirundo bicolor, Gray, p. 33; Harting, p. 125. 

 Tachycineta bicolor, Newton, ii. p. 363, note. 



Swdlor = of two colours, bis = twice, color = colour ; from its uniformly dark 

 upper and white lower parts. 



One is reported by WoUey (Zool. 1853, p. 3806 ; cf. Newton, 

 P. Z. S. 1860, p. 131, and Zool. 1860, p. 7145) as having 

 occurred near Derby in 1850. The species is common 

 throughout temperate North America.] 



