206 HIKXJKDINID^. 



7. Psalidoprocne albiceps. 



Psalidoprocne albiceps, Sclutur, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 108, pi. xiv. ; 



Heuql. Orn. N.O.-Afr.l p. 147 (1869); Sharps, F. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 291. 

 Atticora albiceps. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 73, no. 862 (1869) ; Finsch 



^ Hartl. Vbg. Ostafr. p. 133 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above and below black, the crown and top 

 of tbe tbroat wbite. Total length 5*5 inches, wing 4-2, centre tail- 

 feathers 2-2, outer ones 3'1. 



Hub. Usui, Central Africa. 



a. Ad. in spirit. Usui. Capt. Speke [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 



11. STELGIDOPTERYX. 



Type. 

 Stelgidopteryx, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 312 (1858) . . S. serripennis. 



BiU of S. ruficoUis (magnifled), to sbow nostrils. 



Range. The whole of North America except the Nortb-eastem 

 States, from Canada and British Columbia southwards. Throughout 

 Central America and South America, as far as Southern Brazil and 

 Bolivia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Throat ashy brown, or slightly tinged with rufous ; 



abdomen and under tail-coverts white serripennis, p. 206. 



h. Throat brick-red ; abdomen sulphui'-yellow; imder 



tail-coverts white or pale yeUow, the longest 



ones with a broad subterminal bar of blackish . „,^^„;7^ ^ gOS 



^^''^'^ 1 uropygialis,^.26Q. 



1. Stelgidopteryx serripennis. 



Hirundo serripennis, Auduh. Orn. Biogr. iv. p. 593 (1838) ; id. B. 



Amer. 8vo, i. p. 193, pi. 51 (1840) ; Maynard, B. Florida, p. 76 



(1871). 

 Cotyle serripennis, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 170 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 342 



(1850); Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 11 (1853) ; id. 



III. B. Calif. Sf Texas, p. 247 (1856) ; Scl. Sf Salv. Ibis, 1859, 



p. 13 ; G. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. Ill ; Baird, Cass., ^ Laim: B. 



N. Amer. p. 313 (1858) ; Oiuen, Ibis, 1861, p. 61 ; Sclater, Cat. 



Amer. B. p. 41 (1862) ; Coties, Ibis, 1865, p. 163 ; Dresser, t. c. 



p. 479 ; Brown, Ibis, 1868, p. 421 ; Cooper, B. Calif, p. 110 (1870). 

 Cotyle fulvipennis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 364; id. Sf Salv. Ibis, 1860, 



p. 31 ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 41 (1862). 

 Stelgidopteryx serripennis, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 312 (1858) ; id. 



Review Amer. B. p. 314 (1865) ; Coues, Key N. Ame): B. p. 114 



