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Nubia and Abyssinia, Palestine, Arabia, and 

 North-west India. Capt. Irbystates("Ibis,"i86i, 

 p. 233) that it is common in the cold season in 

 Oudh, and Col. Tickell observed great numbers 

 at.Moulmein ; but they appeared from time to 

 time, and not constantly, likeH. tiistica} With 

 regard, to Palestine, it seems probable that the 

 Martin spends the greater portion of the year 

 there, for Canon Tristram found it breeding in 

 colonies on the sheltered faces of cliffs in the 

 valleys of Northern Galilee. Mr. Wright says 

 (" Ibis," 1864, p. 57) that in Malta it is seen at 

 the same seasons as the Swallow, but stays 

 part of the winter, when H. rustica has de- 

 parted. Dr. Giglioli observes that it arrives at 

 Pisa at the end of March, at which time it has 

 also been noticed at Gibraltar. 



The movements of this bird and others of the 

 genus have been concisely illustrated by Mr, 

 Forster in a communication to the Linnsean 

 Society, in the following table, giving the mean 

 date of arrival : 



Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xxiv. p. 277. 



