. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ALLOW. CHELIDONES. Family HIRUNDINIDyE. Genus Hirundo. (Linnmus.) RUFOUS SWALLOW. Hirundo rufula. Hirundo rufula, Temminck; Man., 3rd. Ed., p. 298, (excluding synonymes.) ScHiNz; Europ. Faun., vol. i., p. 250, (excluding synonymes.) ^ Schlegel; Revue, 1844,p. 18 and 51. Degland; Ornith. Eur., No. 155, the male. ^ Crespon; Faun. Merid., vol. i.,- p. 309, the male. Bonaparte; Rev. Crit., pp. 46 and 47. List of birds, (portion) No. 59. Conspect., p. 339, (excluding the synonyme of Riippell.) Jaubert; Rev. ZooL,
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ALLOW. CHELIDONES. Family HIRUNDINIDyE. Genus Hirundo. (Linnmus.) RUFOUS SWALLOW. Hirundo rufula. Hirundo rufula, Temminck; Man., 3rd. Ed., p. 298, (excluding synonymes.) ScHiNz; Europ. Faun., vol. i., p. 250, (excluding synonymes.) ^ Schlegel; Revue, 1844,p. 18 and 51. Degland; Ornith. Eur., No. 155, the male. ^ Crespon; Faun. Merid., vol. i.,- p. 309, the male. Bonaparte; Rev. Crit., pp. 46 and 47. List of birds, (portion) No. 59. Conspect., p. 339, (excluding the synonyme of Riippell.) Jaubert; Rev. ZooL, 1854, p. 261, the adult only. De Selys-Longchamps ; Bulletin de LAcademic de Bruxelles, vol. 22, part 2, p. 125. Naumann; Vog., pi. 383, fig. 4. daurica, LiNN^us. Savi; Orn. Tosc. Bree; first ed. cahirica, Doderlein. alpestris, Pallas; Voyages, Appendix, vol. viii., p. 66, Lamarcks Edition. Malherbe; Faune Orn. Sicile, (excluding synonymes.) Bonaparte; Intr. Faun. Ital. Keyserling et Blasius; Die Wirbelthiere, No. 201, (portion.) capensis, Durazzo; Ucc. Lig., No, RUFOUS SWALLOW. BUFOUS SWALLOW. 89 Hiro7idelle Rousseline, rousse, or rufuline. Of the French. Rotliliche Schwalbe, Of the Germans. Rondine di Siberia, Savi. Hirondelle de Daurie, Lamarck; in Translation of the Voyages of Pallas. Specific Characters.—Medium size. Top of the head, back, wings, andtail black; the outer tail feathers for the most part faintly spotted withwhite; nape rufous, not striated; rump pale rufous, passing into whitishposteriorly; below the cheeks, and under wing coverts, russet, with verynarrow brown striae, which are however absent in the anal region; theposterior half of the under tail coverts black; feet moderate size. Lengthabout seven inches; closed wings four inches and four fifths; external tailfeathers four inches; tarsi half an inch; posterior toe (without claw) sixtenths of an inch; posterior claw about a quarter of an inch. This bird has been confounded with several otbers. It wa
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