5. HIRUNDO. 



IGl 



Hinindo daurica (non Pa?l.), Gray, Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mits. p. 23 

 (1848) ; Bh/tk, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 198 (1849) ; Hor.sf. ^ 

 Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 92 (1854, pt.) ; Sivinh. 'ibis, 

 18G1, p. 328 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. inO (1S('.2, pt.) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1803, 

 p. 2o5 ; Beamn, Ibis, 1865, p. 405 ; Ti/tler, Ibis, 18G8, p. 196 ; 

 Pelz. t. c. p. 307 ; Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 46 ; Beavan, t. c. p. 404. 



Hirundo ervthropygia («ec Si/kes), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 09, no. 806 

 (1809, pt.). 



Cecropis daiu'ica («ec Pall.'), Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. -352. 



Cecropis arctivitta, Sin'nh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 340. 



Lillia daurica, Ilione, Xests and Eygs Ind. B. p. 78 (1873). 



Cecropis nipalensi.s, Hume, Sfr. F. 1875, p. 42. 



Hirimdo (Cecropis) nipalensis, Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 2-30. 



Cecropis ervthroprgia (nee Si/kes), Blyth, B. Burm. p. 127 (1875). 



Lillia arctivitta, Hume, Sir. F. 1877, pp. 201, 266. 



Lillia nipalensis, Hume, Sfr. F. 1877, p. 202. 



Hirundo arctivitta, Oafes, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 307 (1883). 



Hirundo alpestris, /3. nipalensis, Seebohm, Ibis, 1883, p. 109. 



Very similar to II. daurica, but smaller, with the wing measuring 

 from 4-4 to 4-7 inches. Bill black ; feet duskj- ; claws black ; iris 

 blackish brown. {Sculh/.) 



In the young bird, according to Dr. Scully, the soft parts are as 

 follows : — Bill black, the base of the lower mandible and gape fleshy 

 yellow ; feet dusky brownish ; claws yeUow ; iris brownish black. 



Hab. Northern China, where probably a separate colouj- exists ; 

 Himalayas, from Simla to Assam, wintering in the plains of India 

 and the Burmese countries. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. f. Ad. sk. 



g. Juv. sk. 

 h. Imni. sk. 

 t. Ad. sk. 

 k. 2 ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 

 >M. cJ" imni. sk. 

 n. S ad. sk. 

 o. (S ad. sk. 

 l},q. d 2 ad. ; 

 r. (S juv. sk. 



Shanghai. 



Woosung, April {Capt. 



Ince). 

 China. 



Upper Assam {Dr. Reid). 

 Nepal. 



Nepal. 



Nepal, Aug. 29. 

 Himalayas. 

 Behar. 



Kamptee, C. P. 

 Godavery valley, Jan. 

 Pegu, March 29. 

 Shwaygeen, Pegu, IMay. 

 Kaukarit, Iloundraw River, 

 Tenas.serim, May. 



Dr. McKinlay [P.]. 

 Mrs. Ince [P."]. 



J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.J. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 (Types of H. nipalensis.) 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. J. Scully [P.]. 

 India Museum. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. B. Hinde [P.]. 

 W. T. Blanford. Esq. [P.], 

 E. W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 

 E. W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 

 Capt. C. T. Bingham [P.]. 



Subsp. j3. Hirundo striolata. 



Cecropis striolata, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 174 {ex Temm. MS.) ; Cass. 

 Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 3 (1853) ; Wald. in Blyth B. 

 Burm. p. 127 (1875). 



Hirundo striolata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 58 (1845) ; Temm. ^- Schl. 

 Faun. Jap. p. 33 (1850) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 340 (1850; ; Blyth, Ibis, 

 1806, p. 337; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 09, no. 801 (1869) ; Hume 

 §• Davison, Sfr. F. 1878, p. 44 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1883, p. 109. 



Lillia striolata, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 261. 

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