IIG PICO-PASSERES. 



Genus HIRUNDO. 

 Linnfeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 343 (17GG). 



Hirundo rustica. 



Hirundo rustica, Linnaeus, Sj^st. Nat. i. p. 343 (176G) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 128 (1885). 



The Common Swallow. 



Hah. In summer, Europe and Northern Asia. In winter, 

 India, Malayan Peninsula, and Africa. 



514. Skull. O.C. 1530. Purchased. 



615. Skull. Germany. 0. C. 1530 A. Purchased. 



516. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. S. S. 858. Purchased. 



Genus PETROCHELIDON. 



Cabanis, Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 47 (]850). 



Petrochelidon fluvicola. 



Hirundo fluvicola, Blyth, J. A, S. B. xxiv. p. 470 (1855, ex Jerd. 

 MSS.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 200 (1885). 



The Indian Cliff-Swallow. 



Hah. India. 



517. Sternum of male. From India. S. S. 1897. 



Presented by Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.S. 



Subdivision B. PASSERES ABNORMALES. 

 Family MENURIDiE. 



Genus MENURA*. 



Davies, Tr. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 207 (1801). 



Menura superba. 



Ilenura svpcrha, Davies, Tr. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 207 (1801) ; Gould, 

 Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 298 (1865) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 661. 



* Cf. Garrod, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. .5L5, 510; Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 28. 



