5. HIEPSDO. 



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2. Fhediua madagascariensis. 



Progne borbonica (tiec Gm.), Cass. Cat. Hiruncl. Mus. Philad. Acad. 

 p. 10 (1853). 



Pliedina madagascariensis, Hartl. Faun. Madaq. p. 27 (1861) ; 

 Sharpe,P.Z.S. 1870, p. 295; id. Cat. Afr. ^. 'p. 46 (1871); id. 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 78 ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 65 ( 1877). 



Phedina sp., Roch &; E. Keivt. Ibis, 1862, p. 270; £. Newt. Ibis, 

 1863, p. 340. 



Pliedina borbonica, var. madagascariensis, Grandid. in Milne- 

 Edwards S,- Grandid. H. N. Madag., Ois. pis. 150, 151. 



Adult. Above rather pale brownish grey, the shafts of all the 

 feathers being distinctly marked ; wing-coverts and Cjuills blackish 

 brown, the latter paler underneath ; tail dark brown, somewhat 

 lighter on the inner webs ; lores black ; cheeks, sides of the neck, 

 and breast greyish brown with darker shaft-stripes ; rest of the 

 under surface of the body white, with thin longitudinal stripes ; the 

 lower part of the abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white, the 

 shafts of the feathers only indicated by a narrow line of brown ; 

 sides of the breast and flanks greyish brown ; bill black ; feet dark 

 brown. Total length 5-5 inches, wing 4-7, tail 2. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



a. Ad. sk, Noce Vola, Madagascar 



{A. Crossley). 



b. Ad. sk. N. Madagascar. 



c. Ad. sk. Madagascar. 



Sharpe Collection. 



Mr. A. Crossley [C.l. 

 Mr. A. Crossley [C.]. 



5. HIETJNDO. rj. 



Type. 



Hirundo, Linn. Sysf. Nat. i. p. 343 (1766) H. rustica. 



Chelidon, Forster, Syn. Cat. Br. B. p. 55 (1817) H. rustica. 



Cecropis, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971 H. capensis. 



Uromitrus, Bp. Bivist. Contemp., Torino, 1857, p. 4 ... . H. filifera. 



Hemicecrops, Bp. torn. cit. p. 4 H. dimidiata, 



Lillia, Boie, J.f. 0. 1858, p. 364 H. rufula. 



Waldeuia, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 461 H. nigiita. 



1 



1. Tail of H. rustica, to show indentations on outer feathers. 2. Penultimate 

 tail-feather. 3. Head ol H. rustica, to show nostrils. 



Range. Cosmopolitan, 



