436 Mr. R. Swinhoe’s Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 
he compared the nests of the two so-called varieties, he would 
not have doubted long as to their specific distinctness. It is 
worth noting how closely the nest of our bird resembles that 
of the Collocaliee ! The Black Swift of Peking does not appear 
to visit Chefoo. It breeds at Pekin, building in the holes of 
buildings a loose nest like that of a Sparrow. 
16. HlRUNDO GI1TTURALIS, Scop. 
Swallows of course had arrived before we did, and were as 
familiar and as trustful of man as in the south. On the 4th 
May I noticed one out of a party flying over a village that had 
a bright red tail. This, I fancy, must have been due to some 
prank played on it by native boys. This is figured in the MS. 
illustrations as the “ Hill” or “ Rustic Swallow.” 
17. Cecropis japonica, Bp. 
The Daurian Swallow was not behind its congener; and 
wherever the one was to be seen, the other was not far away. 
Their modes of incubation are different, and I have never 
seen their nests near together; but their methods of food¬ 
hunting attract each other, and thus they get associated. 
Every afternoon they were to be seen about our hill; and I 
soon observed that they were not of the northern form that 
resorts in summer to Peking, my C. arctivitta, but the larger 
broad-banded species of the south, as above named. The 
acquisition of a male, shot by my friend Mr. Carles, on 
the 23rd May, proved that I was right in my surmise. It 
measured in total length 6*75 inches; wing 4*5, first quill 
a little shorter than the second and longest, 2*2 longer than 
the tertiaries, 1*4 short of tail. Tail 3*7 long, outer rectrix 
1*9 longer than centrals. Male on dissection; testes much 
enlarged. On the 26tli of the same month the same friend 
shot a pair of this species. The female had the red nuchal 
collar broken at the back, the sides of the nape less rufous, 
the wings shorter, the long rectrices of the tail narrower, 
with a faint whitish spot on each of them, thus differing from 
the two males. 
This form of Daurian Swallow would appear, then, to be the 
coast-species. It is figured in the MS. Illustrations as the 
“ House,” or “ Domestic Swallow.” 
