. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . of this passage :—Oder endlich gar Loealformenein und derselben art ? Aber ist das nicht em Name ohne alle tieferephilosophische oder physiologische Bedeutung! Vielleicht urn so besser,wenn die Philosophic oder Physiologie auf schwachen Fussen steht. Einethatsachliche Bezeichnung erinnert doch wenigstcns an einen Thatbestand. 174 CHELIDONES. Family HIRUNDINID^. ( Genus Hirundo. ( EUFOUS SWALLOW. Hirundo Daurica. JJirundo Daurica, Linnjeus. Savi; Oru. Tosc. rufula, Temminck; Man., 3rd. Ed., p. 298. (exc
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . of this passage :—Oder endlich gar Loealformenein und derselben art ? Aber ist das nicht em Name ohne alle tieferephilosophische oder physiologische Bedeutung! Vielleicht urn so besser,wenn die Philosophic oder Physiologie auf schwachen Fussen steht. Einethatsachliche Bezeichnung erinnert doch wenigstcns an einen Thatbestand. 174 CHELIDONES. Family HIRUNDINID^. ( Genus Hirundo. ( EUFOUS SWALLOW. Hirundo Daurica. JJirundo Daurica, Linnjeus. Savi; Oru. Tosc. rufula, Temminck; Man., 3rd. Ed., p. 298. (excluding synonymes. Schinz; Europ. Faun., , p. 250. (excluding synonymes.) Schlegel; Kevue, 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 Huppell.)Jaubert; llev. Zool., 1854, p, 261, the adult only. De Selys-Longchamps; Bulletin de LAcademic de Bruxelles, vol. 22, part 2, p. RUFOUS SWALLOW. 175 Hirundo alpestris, Malherbe; Faune Orn. Sicile, (excluding synonymes.)Bonaparte; Intr. Faun. Ital. Keyserling et Blasius; Die Wirbelthiere, No. 201, (portion.) Capensis, Durazzo; Ucc. Lig., No. 45. Hirondelle Rousseline, rousse, or rufaline, Of the French. RothUche Schwalbe, Of the Germans. Rondine di Siberia, Savi. Specific Characters.—Medium size. Top of the head, back,wings, and tail, black; the outer tail feathers for the most partfaintly spotted with white; nape rufous, not striated; rump palerufous, passing into whitish posteriorly; below the cheeks, andunder wing coverts, russet, with very narrow brown stria?, whichare however absent in the anal region; the posterior half of theunder tail coverts black; feet moderate size. Length about seveninches; closed wings four inches and four fifths; external tailfeathers four inches; tarsi half an inch; posterior toe (withoutclaw) six tenths of a
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