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KUFOUS SWAIJ-OW. 
it as the Common Su’allow in the Holy Land. It 
must, however, be added to this that it inhabits Greece 
regularly, and not accidentally. (Ibis, Oct., 18(30, p. 
386, Mr. Simpson.) This observer gives valuable 
information in saying the eggs are quite Avhite, like 
those of H. urhica. It is then more than probable that 
M. Lunel made a mistake when he said they were 
spotted. This discovery as to the eggs and that of its 
true country, confirms me in my belief that this species 
is identical with Daurica, as I had before supposed. 
I have in reality received from Siberia specimens of 
Daurica which have the nuchal collar complete, and 
as to the brown streaks below the body being more 
or less marked, they are no doubt so according to 
age, of which I have proof in its congener Melanocrissa. 
The name of Daurica ought to stand with the addition 
of a very doubtful race, which may be called Rufula 
— H. rufula? 
“Edward ISJewton’s Sw'allow, (Ibis, 1859, p. 462,) 
seen between Cairo and Alexandria, in Egypt, was 
probably H. melanocrissa. M. Jaubert, of Marseilles, 
has, I believe, figured and described in his_ work, 
‘Eichesses Ornithologique, etc.,’ the II. rufula of Mar- 
seilles. The work being at my country residence, I 
cannot quote it with eertainty at this moment. My 
mounted specimen is without indication of sex.” 
In accordance with the opinion expressed by M. De 
Selys, I have sunk the name of Rufula, and adopted 
that of Daurica, leaving it for future observers to 
determine whether there is or not a race to which the 
name Rufula may yet be given. 
In Mr. Simpson’s very interesting account of some 
of the Birds of Western Greece, (Ibis, vol. ii., p. 386,) 
I extract the following about the nesting of H. 
