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Hirundinea, d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 46 (1837) H. bellicosa. 



Phoneutria, Reichenb. Av. Syst. Nat. t. lxvii. (1850)* . . H. bellicosa. 



This not unappropriated named type is remarkable for its long 

 wings and short tarsi. It embracos three distinct species, which 

 occupy separate geographical areas from Colombia to N. Argentina. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Rump black like the back. 



I Tail uniform 1. ferruginea, p. 195. 



j Tad with inner webs partly red 2. sclateri, p. 195. 



B. Rump ferruginous red 3. bellicosa, p. 196. 



1. Hirundinea ferruginea. 



Todus ferrugineus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 446 ; Lath. lnd. Orn. i. p. 267. 



Hirundinea ferruginea, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 113 (Rio Negro) ; id. Ibis, 

 1873, p. 27 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 150 (Bogota) ; id. Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 196, pi. v. fig. 2, et 1882, p. 164 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 51 ; 

 Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 297 (Brit. Guiana). 



Above sooty black ; wings and tail black ; outer webs of inner 

 primaries at their bases ferruginous red : beneath dark ferruginous 

 red ; chin whitish ; under wing-coverts and broad inner margins of 

 wing-coverts similar but rather paler ; bill and feet black : whole 

 length 6-5 inches, wing 4-4, tail 3-2. Female similar. 



Hab. Guiana, Cayenne, and Lower Amazonia. 



a, b. $ $ a( i. sk. Roraima, British Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Whitely). 



c. $ ad. sk. Twek-quay Mt., Carimang r. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Whitely). 



d. (S ad. sk. Rio Icanna, N. Brazil (Nat- Sclater Coll. 



terer). 



2. Hirundinea sclateri. 



Hirundinea bellicosa, Scl. Ibis, 1869, p. 196, t. v. fig. 2 ; Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1874, p. 537. 

 Myiarchus ferrugineus, Cab. in Tsch. F. P., Aves, p. 154. 

 Hirundinea ferruginea, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 150 (Bogota). 

 Hirundinea sclateri, Reinh. Fuglef. Camp. Bras. p. 147 (1870) ; 



Scl et Salv. Nomencl. p. 51 ; Scl.' Ibis, 1882, p. 164 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1882, p. 21 (N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 297. 



Above sooty black ; wings blackish, with a large ferruginous red 

 blotch which occupies the greater part of the inner primaries and 

 adjoining secondaries ; tail blackish, basal two thirds of all the 

 lateral rectriees ferruginous red: beneath dark ferruginous red; 

 chin whitish ; under wing-coverts and inner webs of wing-feathers, 

 except at their tips, similar, but rather brighter ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 6 - 5 inches, wing 4-5, tail 3 - 2. Female similar. 



* Qf. Gray, Cat. of Gen. (1855), p. 51. 



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