Add :—
Ilirundo eucullata, Sharpe A AA'yatt, Monogr, nimnd. pt. iii. (1886); Bocage,
Jorn. Sc. Lisb. (2) viii. p. 258 (1892).
For the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 80 [Map].
H I R U NDO P U E L L A [aafed, p. 3-n].
Add:—
Hirundo puella, Beichen. J. f . 0 . 1887, p. 62; Sharpe & AVyatt, Monogr. Hirund.
pt. xi. (1889) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1890, p. 163; Emin, J. f. 0 , 1891, p. 59; Beichen.
J. f. O. 1891, p. 153 ; Emin, t. c. p. 315; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen,
1891, p. 30; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. (2) viii. p. 258 (1892); Beichen. Jahrb.
Hamh. AViss. Anst, x. p. 16 (1893).
P ro cu r ed b y Dr. Fischer, during his last journey to the Victoria Nyanza, at Msin-
guissua. Emin Pasha procured the species at Bukoba in November. Dr. Stuhlmann
obtained a nestling near Mbusine in TJsegua, on the 28th of August, and Emin met with
the species at Tahora, in Unianembc, in August.
The present bird was represented in a collection from the Quanza lliver, received
by Mr. Henry AVhitely of AVoolwich ; and Anchieta has collected specimens at Quissangue,
Quibula, Quindumbo, Caconda, and Humbe. Mr. Jameson procured it on the Lower
Congo.
Eor the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 82 [Map].
Dr. Gnillemard, in his account of the birds of Cyprus, writes as follows “ At one
place I noticed a solitary Hirundo rufula, a species which I did not again come across
until long afterwards. Although it is, perhaps, to be found in each of tho Districts of
tho island, it is very local. It occurs at Famagusta, at the ruins of Boliapais, at Kyrenia,
in the pass above Lanarka ton Lapethou, aud near the village of Poll; but at all these
places it seemed to frequent the immediate neighbourliood of its home, and never go far
a-fleld . . . . On the battlements of the fortress of Famagusta I shot Hirundo rufula,
and found its nest in a rock-hewn cavern, attached to tho smooth flat roof. In general
this is the situation adopted, hut sometimes the back of the nest is built against a bram, or
against a wall where it joins the ceiling. The entrance is a short tunnel, with a slightly
covered lip. Tho eggs are pure white, aud, in this case, were six in number.”
Ho further observes:—“ I camped below the ruins of Bellapais, a magnificent
semimonastic buUdiug of the Lusignan period, with a great part of the beautiful cloisters
still standing, and spent most of the following day in photographing it, Hirundo rufula
was in great abundance here, and in a largo hall, which was doubtless tlie refectory,
there wero many nests. Jlost of them were inaccessible, hut from one I took some
no doubt of a second clutch. The Commissioner of the Kyrenia district, with
whom I was staying later, informed me that a pair bad raised three liroods of )ouiig
ones in one season in a nest built in his bedroom.”
Lord Lilford also noticed the species in Cyprus, and writes as follow's • “ Very
common iu certain localities and, as Guillemard states, seldom to ho mot with at any
considerable distance from its breeding-haunts. I only met with this very beautiful and
conspicuous Swallow at a certain spot amongst the hUls not far from the' south coast ot
the Horn of Cyprus and at Famagusta; but Guillemard found it in many other
localities, notably at the ruins ot Bellapais; he mentions having noticed a solitary
mdmdual of this bird on March 6th, 1887, between Pera-Khorio and Tochui.”
For the geographical distrihution of this species, vide infra, Plato 81 [Map].
H I R U N D O R U F U L A [anted, p. u i ] .
Add:—
Jlirundo rufula, Giglioli, Avif. Ital. p. 184 (188C); id. I. Resoc. p. 312 (1889) ; id.
op. cit. ii. p. 653 (1890) ; id. op. cit. iii. p. 512 (1891) ; Fleske, Mèra. Acad. Imp.
St. Pctersb. (7)xxxvi. p. 41 (1888) ; Guillem. Ibis, 1888, pp. 100, 112, 116; Sharpe
& AVyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. x. (1899); Lilford, Ibis, 1889, p. 329; Brusina,
Orn. Croat, p. 58(1890) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 284 (1890) ; Gàtke,
Vogehv. Helgol. p. 436 (1891); Seebohm, Ibis, 1892, p. 19; Koenig, J. £. O. 1892,
p. 305.
F b-ocured by the lato Mr. Russow at Tschinas in Central Asia.
According to Dr. Koenig the present species is a very rare visitor to Tunis, and he
has only heard of two examples having been obtained in that country.
HI R UNDO D A U R I C A [unfed, p. 3371
Add:—
mruudo daurica, Sharpo & AVyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. xiv (1890)
Ceeropis daurica, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 699, 1888, p. 162; id. Mdm. Acad. Imp
8ci. St. Fetersb. (7) xxxix. p. 182 (1891).
D r . T aczxxowski says that tliis species is widely spread over AVestem Siberia, from tile
Japan. M, Godlowski states that directly it arrives iu Dauria it at once beo-iiis
construct its nest, over which it spends a great deal of trouble, as it is lar«e iu