142 HIRIJNDINID^. 



3. Himndo javanica. 



Hirundo javanica, Spayrm. Mus. Carls, ii. pi. 100 (1789) ; Vieill. N, 

 Diet. cTIIisf. Nat. xiv. p. 5l'3 (1817); Temm. PI. Col. iv. pi. 83. 

 fig. 2 (1823) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 57 (1845) ; Temm. ^ Schl. Faun. 

 Jap., Aves, p. 32 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. Hem. Th. i. p. 46 (1850) ; 

 Wall. Ibis, 1860, p. 147 : id. P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 485 ; Gray, Handel. 

 B. i. p. 70, no. 813 (1869) ; Finsch ^ Hartl. VUg. Ostafr. p. 137, 

 note (1870) ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 06 (1872) ; Swinh. Ibis, 

 1873, p. 231; Morgan, Ibis, 1875, p. 313; Salvad. Ucc. Born. 

 p. 126 (1874) ; id. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. viii. p. 767 (1875), ix. 

 p. 23 (1876), X. p. 130 (1877); Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 43; Bourd. 

 Sfr. F. 1876, p. 374 ; Fairb. Sir. F. 1877, p. 392 ; Sharpe, Journ. 

 Linn. Sac, Zool. xiii. p. 498 (1877) ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 316 ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 760, & 1878, pp. 109, 342, 615, 709 ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. pp. 492, 647 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1878, p. 95 ; Hume Sf Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 43 ; Ramsay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 275 (1879), iv. p. 98 (1879); Meyer, 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 128 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, pp. 47, 84 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 344 ; Legge, B. Ceijlon, p. 597 ; Hume, Str. F. 1880, 

 p. 120; Salvad. Beport Voy. ' Challenger,' ii. Birds, p. 78 (1881); 

 Davison, Str. F. 1883, p. 345. 



Javan Swallow, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 259 (1801). 



Hirundo frontalis. Quay et Gaim. Voy. de PAstrol. Zool. i. p. 204, 



pi. 12. fig. 1 (1830) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 57 (1845) ; Scl. Journ. 



Linn. Soc., Zool. ii. p. 155 (1858) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 189, 



1859, p. 154 ; id. Cat.Mamm. etc. N. Gilin. pp. 18, 54 (1859) ; id. 



P.Z.S. 1861, p. 433; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 162 (186-5, pt.) ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 70, no. 812 (1869, pt.) ; Ramsay, P-oc. 



Linn. Soc. N. S. W. li. p. 179 (1878). 

 Herse frontalis, Less. Campl. Buff. viii. p. 497 (1837). 

 Herse javanica. Less. t. c. p. 497 (1837). 

 Cecropis javanica, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 174. 

 Cecropis frontalis, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 174. 

 Hirundo domicola, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xiii. p. 173 (1844) ; Blyth, 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 198 (1849) ; Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 118 



(1852) ; Laijard, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 170 (1853) ; 



Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 204 ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. 



Mus. i. p. 384 (1854) ; Jerd. B. In'd. i. p. 158 (1862) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 217 ; Bh/th, Ibis, 1866, p. 336 ; Bulger, P. Z. S. 1866, 



p. 568 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 70, no. 814 (1869) ; Holdsiu. P. Z. S. 



1872, p. 418 ; Flwes, Ibis, 1«70, p. 527 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 351. 

 Hirundo pacifica, Motl. ^ Dillw. N. H. Labuan, p. 10 (1855). 

 Hirundo neoxena {non Goidd), Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 189, 1861, 



p. 433 ; Rosenb. N. T. D. Nederl. Did. xxv. p. 234 (1863). 

 Hypurolepis domicola, Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 32 (1868) ; Hume, 



'Nests and Eggs Ltd. B. p. 73 (1873) ; id. Str. F. 1874, p. 155. 

 Hypurolepis javanica, Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. .308 (188.3). 

 Hirundo fretensis, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 179 



(1878, nee Gould). 



Adult female. General colour above dull steel-blue, mottled with 

 white bases to the plumes of the hind neck ; wing-coverts black, 

 edged with dull steel-blue ; primary-coverts and quiUs black ; upper 

 tail-coverts like the back ; tail-feathers black, slightly glossed with 

 steel-blue, aU but the two centre feathers with an ovate spot of 

 white ou the inner web ; crown of the head dull steel-blue like 



