Hirundo riparia Linnæus, Syst. Nat. (1758), 1, 192.
Cotile riparia Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 96;
Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1890), 2, 272, fig. 76 (foot).
Clivicola riparia Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 189; Oates and
Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 231; McGregor, Bull. Philippine
Mus. (1904), 4, 33; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 69.
Calayan (McGregor). Northern America and Asia; Europe, China;
in winter to Central and South America, Africa, Indian Peninsula,
and Indo-Burmese countries.
Adult.--Lores and crown blackish brown; remainder of upper parts
grayish brown, each feather with a light gray fringe; primaries and
coverts blackish brown; tail dark brown, its feathers edged with
white; under parts white with a distinct dark brown band across the
breast. Length, about 115; wing, 96; tail, 45; depth of fork, 7;
bill from nostril, 5; tarsus, 9.
"Young birds have all the feathers of the upper plumage and the wings
margined with rufous, the chin and throat fulvous, and the breast
broadly brown." (Oates.)
The bank swallow has a very wide range, but occurs in the Philippines
as a rare migrant only.