6. CHERAMCECA. 171 



«, 6. Ad. et juv. sk Jamaica. Capt. Hamilton [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [C.J. 



(Type of species.) 



d. Juv. sk. Jamaica. Sclater Collectiou. 

 e- Ad. .sk. Jamaica (Osbiim). Sclater Collection. 



27. Hirundo sclateri. 



Hirundo euchrysea, var. dominiceusis, Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. K II. 



xi. p. 95 (1800). 

 Hirundo sclateri, Cory, Auk, 1884, p. 2 ; id. B. S. Dominqo, p. 45 



(1884). ^ 



Adult male. Above bright bluish green, showing a golden colour 

 in some lights, becoming decidedly blue on the forehead : upper 

 surface of wings and tail showing a tinge of dull blue, brightest on 

 the tail ; underparts pure white ; primaries brown ; bill and legs 

 very dark brown. Length 5--;5 inches, wing 5-75, tail 2. {Cory.) 



Adult female. Similar to the male. {Con/.) 



Hah. IS. Domingo. 



Ohs. Differs from H. euclinjsea, according to Mr, Cory, in being 

 larger and in wanting the blue on the forehead. 



6. CHERAMCECA. ^ ^^ 



Cheramoeca, Cah. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 49 (1850). . . . C. leucost'ernum. 

 Range. Australia. 



1. Cheramoeca leucosternum. 



Hu-undo leucosternus, Gotild, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 172. 



Atticora leucostemon, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 58 (1845) ; Goidd B 



Austr. fol. pi. 12 (1848); Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad 



p. 6 (1853) ; Diyyles, Or^i. Austr. pi. 21. lig. 2 : Gray, Hand-l. 



B. I p. 73, no. 803 (1869). o , ^, 



Atticora leucostema, Bp. Consp. i. p. 337 (1850). 

 Cheramceca leucostema, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th, i. p. 49 (1850) • Goidd 



Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 115 (1865). v ^ ' » 



Adult. Upper .surface particoloured ; crown of head white, with 

 brown centres to the feathers ; nape and hind neck as well as the 

 sides of the neck brown ; mantle and upper back white, the lateral 

 feathers blackish along the outer web ; scapulars, lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts blue-black; least wing-coverts brown; re- 

 mainder of the wing-coverts, bastard-wing,primary-coverts, and quills 

 blue-black, browner on the inner webs of the feathers ; tail-feathers 

 blackish ; lores blackish brown ; ear-coverts brown ; cheeks, throat, 

 fore neck, and breast white, extending slightly down the' flanks j 

 centre of lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts blue-black ;' 

 thighs white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white, with a slight 

 wash of smoky brown ; quills dusky brown : " bill blackish brown ; 

 legs and feet greenish grey; iris dark reddish brown'" {Gould). 

 Total length o -5 inches, culmen 0-25, wing 3-95, tail 3, tarsus 0-5. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the whole head brown, 

 with only a streak of white across the forehead extending backwards 



