T. SALTADORI 09 



Ordo PASSERES 



(256) Hirundo gutturalis, Scop. 



Hirundo gutturalis, Meyer, Sitzb. u. Ahh. Gesellsch. Isis, 1884, p. 21 (Ceram, Rie/lei). — Pleske, 

 Bull. Acad. Petersb. XXIX, p. 528 (Ternate) (1884). — Sharpe, Cat. B. X, p. 134(1885). — Guillem.,' 

 P. Z. S. 1885, p. 569 (Batchian). 



(257) Hirundo javanica, Sparrm. 



Hirundo javanica, Salvad., Voy. Chall., Rirds, p. 78 (1881). — Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. XVI, 

 p. 430 (Morocco) (1882). — Meyer, Sitali, u. Abli. Gesellsch. Isis, 1884, Abh. I, p. 22(Sangi, Meyer, 

 Timorlaut, Riedel). — Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, pp. 426, 433. — Pleske, Bull. Acad. Petersb. XXIX, 

 p. 528 (Ternate) (1884). — Nehrk., .lourn. f. Orn. 1885, p. 32 (Waigeu). — Sharpe, Hat. B. X, 

 p. 142 (1885). — Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 2 (1888). 



(258) Hirundo tahitica, Gm. 



Hirundo tahitica, Filiseli, Ibis, 1881, p. 536 (New Britain). — Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. VII, 

 p. 22 (1882). — Tristr., Ibis, 1882, p. 142. — Layard, Ibis, 1882, pp. 502, 543. — Finsch, Vog. d. 

 Siidsee, p. 5 (i\ova Britannia) (1884). — Sharpe, Cat. B. X, p. 141 (1885). — Grant, P. Z. S. 1887, 

 p. 330 (Alu); 1888, p. 194 (Guadalcanar). 



Hab. in Nova Britannia (Finsch, Kleinschmidt) ; Nova Caledonia (Layard). 

 Gen. PETROCHELIDON, Cab. 



Typus : 



Petrochelidon, Cab., Mus. Hein. I, p. 47 (1850) Hirundo metanogasler, Sw. 



Hylochelidon, Gould., Handb. B. Austr. I. p. IH (1865) Hirundo )rigrirans, Vieill. 



(259) Petrochelidon nigricans (Vieill.). 



Hylochelidon nigricans, Salvad., Voy. Chall., Birds, p. 78 (1881). — Meyer, Zeitsch. f. ges. Orn. I, 

 p. 279 (1884). 



Hirundo nigricans, Finsch, Ibis, 1881, p. 536 (New Britain). — Id., Vùe. d. Siidsee, p. 5 (Nova 

 Britannia) (1884). 



Petrochelidon nigricans, Sharpe, Report Alert, p. 21 (1884). — Id., Cat. fì. X, p. 190 (1885). — 

 Id., Mon. Hirund. pt. V, VI, pi. 2 (1887). — Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 3 (1888). — Builer, B. of New- 

 Zea! . I, p. 74 (1888). 



Le isole di Timor e Flores debbono essere tolte dall'habitat di questa specie, giacche 

 gli esemplari delle medesime sono considerati dallo Sharpe (Cat. B. X, p. 192) come 

 specificamente distinti (P. timor iensis, Sharpe). 



(260) Peltops blainvillei (Less. et Garn.). 



Peltops blainvillei, Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. XVI, p. 430 (Choqueri) (1882). — Nehrk., 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1885, p. 32 (Waigeu). - Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, p. 630 (Waigiou, Mysol, Andai). 



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