. An illustrated manual of British birds . abits ofthis species are lively and active, and in pugnacity, as in plumage,the male resembles our Redbreast. It has a pleasant song, resem-bling the syllables fivt several times repeated, while the alarm-noteis a clear pinl, pink. The adult male in breeding-plumage has the cheeks ash-grey;crown and nape browner grey; upper parts in general wood-brown;tail (of twelve feathers) rather darker brown, with conspicuous whitebases to all except the central pair; chin, throat and upper breastreddish-orange ; belly white ; sides and flanks pale buff; bill bro
. An illustrated manual of British birds . abits ofthis species are lively and active, and in pugnacity, as in plumage,the male resembles our Redbreast. It has a pleasant song, resem-bling the syllables fivt several times repeated, while the alarm-noteis a clear pinl, pink. The adult male in breeding-plumage has the cheeks ash-grey;crown and nape browner grey; upper parts in general wood-brown;tail (of twelve feathers) rather darker brown, with conspicuous whitebases to all except the central pair; chin, throat and upper breastreddish-orange ; belly white ; sides and flanks pale buff; bill brown ;legs dark brown. Length 45 in. ; wing 2 8 in. The female has noash-grey on the head and her throat is merely reddish-buff. Theyoung have a spotted nestling-plumage, and afterwards the wing-coverts and secondaries are tipped with buff; otherwise they resemblethe female. The male breeds in the immature plumage of the firstyear, while the orange-red on the throat does not extend to the breastuntil after the third moult. HIRUNDINII)^. 155. THE IIiRLNDO RUSTiCA, Linnaius. This well-known summer-visitor usually arrives in the southernportions of our islands during the first half of April, and thence-forward it is generally distributed, although somewhat scarce andlocal in the extreme north, and decreasing in the north-west. Itvisits the Outer Hebrides, and will probably be found to breed there,exceptionally, as is the case in the Orkneys and Shetlands. The Swallow occurs in the Fteroes in May, and has been knownto stray to Iceland, Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya. It nests inScandinavia up to 70° N. lat., but not quite as far as the Arcticcircle in Russia; eastward and southward, its breeding-range extendsover Europe, Asia north—as a rule—of the great mountain ranges,and Northern Africa; while during winter it is found through-out the Indian region as far as Burma and the Malayan peninsula,and all over Africa. My space will not permit a discussion of itsallies, and I
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