172 



HIRTJNDINIDiE. 



above the eye ; the quills edged with white, 

 inches, wing 3-8, tail 2-15, tarsus 0'5. 

 Bah. Interior of Australia. 



Total length 4-6 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad.; c. 



Australia. 

 Juv. sk. Interior of S. Australia. 



7. PROGNE, 



F. D. Godraanand 0. 

 Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



Progne, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971 



Phseoprogne, Balrd, Review Am. B. p. 283 (1864) . 



Type. 

 P. purpurea. 

 P. tapera. 



Tail and foot (to show connexion of toes) of Progve purpurea. 

 Eanffe. North and South America ; Antilles. 



Key to the Sj^ecies. 



a. Purplish blue both above and below. 

 a'. Under surface entirely purplish blue like the 

 upper surface. 

 a". With a concealed patch of silky white 

 feathers on the sides of the lower back 

 and a second one on the sides of the flanks purpurea, p. 173. 

 6". "With only one concealed patch of silky 

 white feathers, ^•iz. on the sides of the 

 lower back ; no white patch on the sides 



of the flanks furcata, p. 175. 



c". With no white patch either on the sides 



of the back or on the flanks concolor, p. 176. 



h'. Centre of breast and abdomen white. 



«?". Throat and chest glossy purplish blue like 



the upper surface dominicensis, p. 176, 



c". Throat and chest brown, with purphsh- 

 blue markhigs on the sides of the upper 

 breast in old bii'ds. 



a'". Larger : tail 3-3 inches domestica, p. 177. 



b'". Smaller : tail 2*4-2'7 inches cluthjhea, p. 178, 



