9S HIRUNDINIB^. 



Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 165 (1869); Doderl. Avif. Sicil. p. 146 

 (1869); Droste, Voqelw. Bork. p. 88 (1869); Finsch df Hartl. 

 Voff. Ostafr. p. 145 (1870) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 296 ; 

 Cooper, B. Calif, p. 110 (1870); Fritsch, Vocj. Eur. pi. xxiv. 

 figs. 1, 2 (1870) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 18, 402, xxv (1871) ; 

 Salvad. Faun. Ital, Ucc. p. 54 (1871); Sivlnh. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 346 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 205 ; Jerd. t. c. p. 353 ; 

 Coues, Keii N.-Amer. B. p. 114 (1872) ; Di/bowski, J. f. O. 1872, 

 p. 353, 1874, p. 334; Broolce, Ibis, 1873, p. 2.37; Severtz. 

 Turkest. Jevotn. p. 67 (1873) ; ITwrne, Str. F. 1873, p. 164 ; Scl 

 (§• Salvin, Nomencl. A v. Neotr. p. 14 (1873); Antin. ^ Salvad. 

 Viaf/ff. Bof/os, p. 72 (1873); Coues, B. N.-West, p. 89 (1874); 

 Baird, Brewer, iSf Ridyw. Hist. N. Amer. B. p. 353, pi. 16. fig. 4 

 (1874); Dresser, B. Exir. iii. p. 505, pi. 163 (1874); Harting, 

 Summer Mir/r. p. 187 (1875) ; Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 452 ; Hume, 

 t. c. p. 452 ; Irby, B. Gibr. p. 104 (1875) ; Blanf. East. Pers. ii. 

 p. 216 (1876); C. B. JVliarton, Ibis, 1876, p. 19; Seebohm Sf 

 Harvie Broivn, t. c. pp. 220, 356 ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 

 i. p. 134 (1876) ; P7Jev. in Roivleifs Orn. Misc. ii. p. 162 (1877) ; 

 David Sf Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 128 (1877) ; Finsch, Ibis, 1877, 

 pp. 66, 62 ; Butler, Str. F. 1877, pp. 217, 227 ; Coues, B. Color. 

 Vail. p. 435 (1878) ; Mowleij, Orn. Ilisc. iii. p. 81, pi. 94 

 (1878) ; Hume ^ Davison, Str. F. 1878, pp. 44, 497 ; Datif. 

 Ibis, 1878, p. 8 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, pp. 17, 30 ; Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1879, p. 446; Finsch, Reis. West-Sibirien,^. 39 (1879); Hume, 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 84 ; Bingham, t. c. p. 192 ; Butler, Cat. B. 

 Sind etc. p. 13 (1879); Boydannff, B. Cauc. p. 117 (1879); 

 Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 355 (1880) ; Collett, Nm-ges 

 Fuyle, p. 286 (1881) ; Giylioli, Flench. Ucc. Ital. p. 64 (1881) ; 

 Dixon, Ibis, 1882, p. 561 ; Blakist. Sr Pryer, B. Japan, p. 139 

 (1882) ; Salvin ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, p. 240 (1883) ; 

 Radde, Orn'. Cauc. p. 36 (1884) ; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sitid, 

 p. 103 (1884). 



Cotyle fliiviatilis, Brehin, Vog. Deutschl. p. 142 (1831). 



Cotyle microrhynchos, Brehm, t. c. p. 143 (1831). 



Clivicola riparia, Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 32 (1882). 



Adult male. General colour above dark earthy brown, a little 

 lighter on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, the feathers 

 of which have more or less distinctly indicated margins of paler 

 brown ; wing-coverts darker brown than the back, with indistinct 

 margins of lighter brown ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 very dark brown, the innermost secondaries paler and more like the 

 back ; tail-feathers brown, with a narrow whitish edging towards 

 the tip of the inner web of all but the centre feathers ; lores dusky 

 blackish, with a slight hoary shade above them, remains of hoary 

 edges to the feathers being seen on the basal frontal feathers ; 

 feathers below the eye and ear-coverts brown ; cheeks, throat, and 

 under surface of body pure white, the throat separated from the 

 breast by a very broad and distinct collar of dark brown ; this brown 

 colour also extending down the sides of the body, and occupying the 

 centre of the breast in the shape of a few feathers which have the 

 inner webs dark brown ; thighs brown ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts dark brown, those near the edge of the wing broadly edged 

 with whitish ; quills dusky brown below, lighter along the inner 

 webs : " bill blackish brown ; legs dark brown ; iris dark hazel " 



