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--Apple-Mail-40-854598008 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Pat, On 4-Sep-06, at 3:21 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote: > Collins does illustrate two subspecies of the barn swallow: > transitiva and savignii (the former being in the eastern > Mediterranean and being reddish-buff below; the latter being found > in Egypt and being deep rusty-red below. They do not mention our > version at all, not even in the accidental section. Others may know more about this than I, however, there are eight subspecies of the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica): 1) The nominate Hirundo rustica rustica which is the common European one; 2) Hirundo rustica savignii which is found in Egypt; 3) Hirundo rustica transitiva which is found in the eastern Mediterranean and middle east; 4) Hirundo rustica erythrogaster which is the North American subspecies; 5) Hirundo rustica gutturalis which is an Asian subspecies (southern China); 6) Hirundo rustica mandschurica is found in Manchuria and NE China; 7) Hirundo rustica saturata also an Asian subspecies found in eastern Siberia; 8) Hirundo rustica tytleri also an Asian subspecies (India). There is a good article in the Wikipedia on the subspecies of Barn Swallows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_Swallow An interesting aside is that the Barn Swallow is the national bird of Estonia for whom it represents free blue sky and eternal happiness. According to Estonian legend, anyone who kills a Barn Swallow will become blind. Cheers! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-40-854598008 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Pat,<DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><BR><DIV><DIV>On 4-Sep-06, at 3:21 PM, = Patrick Kelly wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">Collins does illustrate two subspecies of the barn = swallow: <I>transitiva</I> and <I>savignii </I>(the former being in the = eastern Mediterranean and being reddish-buff below; the latter being = found in Egypt and being deep rusty-red below. They do not mention our = version at all, not even in the accidental = section.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Others may know more about this = than I, however, there are eight subspecies of the Barn Swallow = <I>(Hirundo rustica</I>):</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">1) The nominate=A0<I>Hirundo rustica rustica = </I>which is the common European one;</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">2)=A0<I>Hirundo rustica savignii</I> which is = found in Egypt;</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">3)=A0<I>Hirundo rustica transitiva</I> which = is found in the eastern Mediterranean and middle = east;</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span">4)=A0<I>Hirundo = rustica erythrogaster</I> which is the North American = subspecies;</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">5)=A0<I>Hirundo rustica gutturalis</I> which = is an=A0Asian subspecies (southern China);</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">6)=A0<I>Hirundo rustica=A0mandschurica</I> is = found in Manchuria and NE China;</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">7)=A0<I>Hirundo rustica saturata</I> also an = Asian subspecies found in eastern Siberia;</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">8)=A0<I>Hirundo rustica tytleri</I>=A0also an = Asian subspecies (India).</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">There is a good article in the Wikipedia on = the subspecies of Barn Swallows:</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_Swallow">http://en.wikipedia.org= /wiki/Barn_Swallow</A><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>An interesting aside is = that the Barn Swallow is the national bird of Estonia=A0for whom it = represents free blue sky and eternal happiness. According to Estonian = legend, anyone who kills a Barn Swallow will become blind.<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">Cheers!</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">Chris<BR><DIV> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-40-854598008--
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