ORIENTAL CHIMNEY SWALLOW. 171 



Siberia. It is very common in Egypt, but is only found 

 accidentally in Europe, — Spain and Greece being the 

 localities noted by Temminck, M utile, Lindermeyer, etc. 



Professor Blasius, in "Naumannia," 1859, p. 254, 

 has a paper upon this bird, which I will transcribe 

 nearly entire, as it not only expresses all we know 

 about it, but contains some useful remarks upon the 

 difficult question of "species." — 



"At a meeting in Cothea we learned through Olph- 

 Gaillard, that H. Cahirica, Licht., was taken by 

 Nager-Donazians, at St. Gothard, and the specimen 

 was exhibited. Later Laudamman Nager wrote to me 

 that this is there the only Chimney Swallow, and that 

 during the spring passage it is sometimes caught by 

 boys with the hand. I also received specimens which 

 did not differ in intensity of colour from African 

 specimens. We may reasonably express surprise at an 

 Egyptian species coming to St. Gothard, particularly so 

 regularly according to Andermatt. In the following 

 spring Baldamus found this bird breeding and pairing 

 with H. rustica in Diebzig, and I have one of these 

 specimens now in my possession. In the present 

 spring (1859) I have also seen these Swallows breeding 

 in Brunswick, and paired with the common H. rustica. 

 Many specimens were brighter than the Egyptian H. 

 Cahirica; otherwise they resembled them. From other 

 sources I have received intelligence that among Chimney 

 Swallows individuals with red brown under sides have 

 been found breeding. 



Under these circumstances Ave can still affirm that 

 this bird has been taken at St. Gothard; but it is not 

 so clear that it is the only kind of Chimney Swallow 

 which is found there. Dr. Gloger says that the very 

 dark red House Swallow is verv common in Sardinia. 



