150 



HIETJNDINIB^. 



13. Hirimdo nigrorufa. 



Hirundo niprorufa, Bocaije, Joni. Lish. 1877, p. 158, 1878, p. 269, 

 1880, p. l'36 ; id. Orn. Angola, p. o-lG (1881) ; Slimye, ed. Layard's 

 B. S. Afr. p. 840 (1884). 



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

 concealed rufous undershade, onlj- seen when the feathers are dis- 

 turbed ; wing-coverts like the back, with a smoky-brown patch on 

 the inner web of the innermost greater coverts ; quills black, glossed 

 with purplish blue externally, the secondaries entirely of the latter 

 colour, resembling the back ; tail-feathers black glossed with blue, 

 the three outer feathers with a fringe of white towards the end of 

 the inner web, not pronounced enough to form a spot ; head like 

 the back ; lores velvety black ; ear-coverts like the crown : cheeks 

 and under surface of body chestnut, with a patch of pui'plish blue 

 on each side of the upper breast ; thighs chestnut : under tail-coverts 

 glossy purplish blue; under wing-coverts and axillaries chestnut like 

 the breast: quills sooty black below: "iris chestnut" {Anchieta). 

 Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0'3, wing 4-35, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-4. 



Hob. Benguela. 



a. S ad. sk. Caconda, Benguela (^Anchieta). Lisbon Museum [P.]. 



14. Hirnndo smithii. 



Hirundo smithii, Leach, App. to Tuckcy's Voy. Congo, p. 407 (1818) ; 

 Hnrtl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. ^;6 (1857); id. J.f. O. 1861, p. 103. 



Wire-tailed Swallow, Lath. Gen. Hist. vii. p. 309, pi. cxiii. (1823). 



Hiiimdo filifera, Stepk. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 78 (1826j ; Gi-ay, Gen. B. 

 i. p. 58 (1845); id. Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mm. p. 25 (1848); Blyth, 

 Cat. B. 31us. As. Soc. p. 197 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 338 (1850) ; 

 Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 46 (1850) ; LLyrsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. E.I. 

 Co. Mm. i. p. 93 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Iiid. i. p. 159 (1862) ; Kirk, 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 320 ; Blyth, Ibis, 186(3, p. 337 ; Tytler, Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 190 ; Pelz. t. c. p. 307 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 403 ; Heugl. Orn. 

 N.O.-Afr. i. p. 155 (1869); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 70, no. 820 

 (1869) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 3i2 ; Finsch ^- Hartl. Voq. Ostafr. 

 p. 142 (1870) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 352; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 164; 

 Adam, t. c. p. 370; Vipan, t. c. p. 495; Hume, Str. F. 1874, 

 p. 469; Aitken, Str. F. 1875, p. 212 ; Butler, t. c. p. 451 ; Hume, 

 t. c. p. 451; Fairb. Str. F. 1876, p. 254 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 



1877, p. 466 ; Anders. Hep. Exped. Yun-nan, Birds, p. 650 (1878) ; 

 Hume (^ Davis. Str. F. 1878, p. 43 ; Davids. %■ Wend. Str. F. 



1878, vol. ii. p. 76 ; Butler, t. c. p. 181 ; Ball, t. c. p. 202 ; Hu7ne, 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 84 ; Bingham, t. c. p. 192 ; Doig, t. c. p. 370 ; 

 Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. p. 12 (1879) ; id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. 

 p. 14 (1880); Vidal, Str. F. 1880, p. 43; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1880, p. 48 ; Binqham, t. c. p. 48 ; Reid, Str. F. 1881, p. 18 ; Socage, 

 Orn. Angola, p." 187 (1881); Davidson, Str. F. 1882, p. 292; 

 C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 101 ; Sharps, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 368 

 (1883); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 120 (1884); 

 Mtirray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 102 (1884). 



Hirundo filicaudata, FranU. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 115. 



