138 HIRUNDINID^. 



(^ Ridgtc. Hist. N. Amer. B. p. 339, \\. 16. fig. 9 (1874) ; Hume 



^ Damson, Sir. F. 1878, p. 43 ; Conj, B. Bahamas, p. 78 (1880) ; 



Zeledon, Cat. Av, Costa Mica, p. 5 (1882) ; Outes, B. Brit. Burm. 



i. p. 303 (1883). 

 Hirundo americana (non Gm.), Wils. Amer. Orn. v. p. 34, pi. 38. 



figs. 1, 2 (1812) ; Swains. ^ Richards. Faun. Bor.-Amer., Birds, 



p. 329 (1831) ; Bjh Consp. i. p. 339 (1850) ; Lembeye, Aves Cuba, 



p. 44, pi. 7. fig. 1 (1850) ; Leith Adams, Ibis, 1878, p. 423 ; Blakist. 



t. c. p. 385. 

 Hirundo cyanopyrrha, Vieill. N. Diet. d^Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 510 



(1817). 

 Hirundo rustica (non Z.), Audub. B.Amer. fol. pi. 173 (c. 1826) ; id. 



Orn. Bioffr. ii. p. 413 (1834) ; id. B. Amer. 8vo, i. p. 181, pi. 48 



(1840) ; Jones, Nat. Berm. p. 34 (1859). 

 Hirundo fumaria, Licht. Preis- Vers. mex. Vog. no. 58 (1830) ; Cab. 



J"./. O. 18G3, p. 58. 

 Cecropis americana. Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 498 (1837). 

 Cecropis rufa. Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 498 (1837) ; Boie, I&is, 1844,, 



p. 175. 

 Cecropis americana, Boie, t. c. p. 174. 

 Cecropis cyanopyrrha, Boie, t. c. p. 175. 

 Hirundo erythrogastra, G7-ai/, Gen. B. i. p. 57 (1845) ; Scl. Cat. 



Amer. B. p. 39 (1862) ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 569; Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. pp. 18, 402 (1871) ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 378 ; Scl. S^ 



Scdv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 14 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 185 ; 



Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 510; Cones, B. Color. Vail. p. 407 (1878) ; 



A. ^ E. Newt. Handb. Jamaica, 1881, p. 107; Salvin S^ Godman, 



Biol. Cent.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 232 (1883). 

 Hirundo rustica, var. rufa, Midd. Sibir. Reis. p. 188 (1853) ; Dy- 



bonmki, J.f. O. 1868, p. 336. 

 Hirundo erythrogastra, 0. liorreorum, Ridgw. Rep. AOth Parallel, iv. 



p. 441 (1877). 

 Hirundo erythrogastra horreorum, Coues, Chech-list, p. 42 (1882). 

 Clielidon erythrogastra, Stejn. P: U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 31 (1882). 

 Hirundo rustica, var. horreorum, Seebohm, Mist. Brit. B. ii. p. 171 



(1883). 



Adult male. General colour above glossy purplish blue, varied with 

 ■white on the mantle and back, where the white bases to the feathers 

 show through ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back ; greater 

 coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, with a 

 purplish-blue gloss on the outer web, inclining more to steel-green 

 on the outer webs of the bastard-wing and primary-coverts ; the 

 innermost greater coverts ashy on their inner webs, with a strong 

 rufous tinge ; tail-feathers blackish with a steel-green gloss, all but 

 the centre ones with a large rounded white spot increasing in size 

 towards the outermost, where it is a large oblique mark ; forehead 

 deep bay or chestnut, extending slightly backwards over the eye ; 

 lores black ; ear-coverts purplish blue like the head ; cheeks and 

 entire throat deep bay, of a different colour from the rest of the under 

 surface, but not separated from the chest by a complete band ; the 

 sides of the neck glossy purplish blue like the back, this colour 

 impinging on to the sides of the fore neck in a half-crescent shape, 

 but not forming a band across ; under surface from the chest down- 

 wards, including the under wing-coverts and axillaries, clear rufous, 



