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Hirundo ruficeps, Licht. Verz. Doitbl. p. 68 (1823) ; Ferr. et Gal. 



Voy. Abyss, iii. p. 242 (1847) ; Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. I'hilad. 



Acad. p. 3 (1853) ; Brooks, Ibis, 18G9, p. 46 ; Bla»f. Geol. ^- Zoul. 



Abyss, p. 348 (1870) ; Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 406. 

 Hiruiido tilicaudata, Frankl. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 115. 

 Cecropis filifera, Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 499 (1837). 

 Cecropis raticeps, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 171. 

 Cecropis smithii, Bote, Isis, 1844, p. 174. 

 Cecropis filicaudata, Biipp. Syst. Uehers. p. 22 (1845) ; Heuyl. Syst. 



Uebers. p. 14 (1856); Antin. Cat. Ucc. p. 26 (1865). 

 Hirundo lilicauda, 3mi. J.f. O. 1855, p. 5. 

 Cecropis filicauda, Brehm, J.f. O. 1855, p. 452. 

 Uromitrus filifera, Bp. Rivist. Contemp., Torino, 1857, p. 4 ; Brehm, 



Jieis. Ilahesch, p. 209 (1863) ; Hume, Nests and Eggs hid. B. p. 75 



(1874) ; Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 383, 1875, p. 289. 

 Hirundo velocissima, Pr. Wiirt. MSS., teste HeiigUn. 

 Hirundo fuscicapiUa, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 154 (1869). 

 Hirundo anchietfe, Bocaqe, Jorn. Lisb. 1867. p. 150. 

 Uromitrus filiferus, Oates, B. Brit. Burm. \. p. 307 (1883). 



Adult. Crown of the head bright chestnut ; feathers before and 

 round the eve dull black ; car-coverts, nape, and entire upper surface 

 rich purplish blue ; quills dark blackish brown, paler on the inner 

 web, the upper surface glossed with deep steel-blue ; tail black, the 

 outer web elongated and much attenuated, the two centre feathers 

 purplish blue, unspotted, the rest haying a roundish w'hite spot on 

 the inner web ; under surface white, faintly tinged with pink on 

 the throat and upper part of the breast ; a crescent-shaped patch of 

 feathers on each side of the latter dull purplish blue ; bill black ; 

 feet dark brown. Total length 5"7 inches, wing 4-3, tail 2-(S5. 



Young. Crown dull brown ; rest of the upper surface of the body 

 brown glossed with dull blue ; tail quite square, or only slightly 

 emarginate ; underparts white, beautiful light pink on the throat 

 and upper part of the breast. 



Hah. The greater part of India, extending into Tenasscrim on 

 the east and to Scinde on the west. In Africa, occmTing in Abys- 

 sinia, along the east coast to the Zambesi, and on the west coast 

 reappearing in Benguela and the Congo region. 



a,b. (5 $ ad. sk. Kamaulai, Salween River, Capt. C. T. Bingham [P.]. 

 Tenasscrim, Jidv 24. 



c. Ad. sk. Bhamo, Burmah. " E. W. Oates, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. India. Goidd Collection. 



e. c? ad. sk. India. Gould Collection. 

 /. Ad. sk. Bengal [Falconer). India Museum. 

 g, h. Ad. ; i, k. Kumaon {Sirac/iey). India Museum. 



Juv. sk. 



/. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq.fP.]. 



Ml. Ad. sk. Behar. B. H. Hodgson, E.-^q. [P.]. 



n. (S ad. ; o. ^ Mhow, March. Col. Swinhoe [P.]. 



juv. sk. 



p, q. ^ ad. ; J-. 2 Mhow, April. Col. Swinhoe [P.]. 



juv. sk. 



«. Ad. sk. Madras. Sir W. Elliot [P.]. 



t. Ad. sk. Miilabar. R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



