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CRAG SWALLOW. 



This species inhabits Java, and constructs its 

 nest in holes on the ground : it is less than the 

 common Swallow : its beak and legs are black : 

 the upper parts of the body shining blue black : 

 the quills black : the forehead, throat, and fore- 

 part of the neck^ are rust-coloured: the rest of 

 the under parts and the rump pale cinereous: 

 wings longer than the tail, which is black and not 

 forked, and has all but the two middle feathers 

 with a white spot near the tip. : 



CRAG SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo montana.) 



Hi. cinerea subtus rufescens^ rectricibus duabus intermediis ex- 



ceptis, latere interiore macula omta alba. 

 Ash-coloured Swallow, beneath reddish, with all but the two 



middle tail-feathers with an oval white spot on their inner 



webs. 



Hirundo montana. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 1020. — Lath, Ind, Orn, 

 2. 576. 12. 



L'Hirondelle grise des rochers. Buf, Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 641. 

 Crag Swallow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 570. 12. 



The Crag Swallow is five inches and a half in 

 length : its beak is black : the upper parts of the 

 plumage mouse-coloured : the under parts rufous, 

 the sides inclining to brown : quills and tail grey 

 brown, all but the two middle, and the outermost 

 one on each side, with a white spot on the inner 

 web : legs downy, and of a brown colour : claws 

 black. Inhabits the rocks about Savoy, also in 



