. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. 134 BIRD ARCHITECTS four eggs of light cream spotted with various shades of brown. The European Swallow {H. rustica) does not breed in South Africa, being a migrant from Europe, arriving here between September to November, and departing again during March or April. It is blue above and whitish below. The throat and forehead are of a rufous Fig. 71.—Pearl-breasted Swallow on nest. The White-throated Swallow {H. albigularis) is dark blue above, except the forehead, which is reddish, below white except a broad band of blue across the chest. I
. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. 134 BIRD ARCHITECTS four eggs of light cream spotted with various shades of brown. The European Swallow {H. rustica) does not breed in South Africa, being a migrant from Europe, arriving here between September to November, and departing again during March or April. It is blue above and whitish below. The throat and forehead are of a rufous Fig. 71.—Pearl-breasted Swallow on nest. The White-throated Swallow {H. albigularis) is dark blue above, except the forehead, which is reddish, below white except a broad band of blue across the chest. It is at once distinguishable from the European Swallow (which it rather closely resembles) by its white throat. Length, 6^ inches. It is also a migrant, arriving about the same time as the European Swallow—^usually earlier—but breeds in South. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Haagner, Alwin Karl, 1880-; Ivy, Robert Henry. Cape Town, T. M. Miller
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