fi. CH^TTITtA. 473 



Seeh. Ibis, 1882, ]). 423 (Siberia) : IJlford, Col. Fig. Brit. B. pt. xvi. 

 (1890). ^ y » y 1 



Pallene caudacuta, | „ . j ■ ^o,A -,na 

 Pallene macroptera, [ ^""^ ^"^' 1^^^' V- l^^S. 

 Chajtura caudacuta, Cah. et Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 83 (1860) ; 



Scl. P. Z. S. 18(;5, p. 607 ; id J. f. 0. 1867, p. 129 ; Gould, Handb. 



B. Austr. i. p. 103 (186.'5) ; Sivinfi. P. Z. S. 1871. p. 34o ; id. Ibis, 



1875, p. 448 ; Tacz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 3.51 (E. Siber.) ; Pelz. Ibis, 



1873, p. 108 ; Pamsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 581 (N.E. Queenslaud) ; 



David et Oust. Ois. Chin. p. 70 (1877) ; P7Jev. in Roivl.Orn. Misc. ii. 



p. 160 (1877) ; Blak. S^- Pn/er, Ibis, 1878, p. 231 ; Salv. Cat. Sfrickl. 



Coll. p. 372 (1882) ; Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 303 (1884) ; Kirk, 



Ibis, 1889, p. 298 (X. Zealand) ; Seeb. B. Japan, p. 178 (1890). 

 Acantliylis ciris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 339 



(part.). 

 Ilirundainis caudacuta, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 67, no. 770 (1869). 

 Hirundapus ciris, Gray, ibid. no. 771 (1869). 



Hirundinapus caudacutus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 320 

 ■ (1878) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 536 (1880). 

 Hirundinapus acuticauda (err.), Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 6, note 



(1883). ' ^ ' 



Adult. Large spot between the lores and nostrils white, generally 

 united so that the whole forehead is white ; crown, nape, and sides 

 of the head blackish brown with metallic gloss ; back, scapulars, 

 and rump pale brown, palest on the centre of the back, feathers of 

 the rump, in most of the specimens, distinctly white on basal portion ; 

 wings and tail black with greenish and steel-blue gloss, the latter 

 being strongest on the wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts ; inner- 

 most secondaries with the inner webs quite or mostly white ; chin, 

 throat, vent, and under tail-coverts white ; rest of the underparts 

 sooty brown, feathers of the lower abdomen with white bases ; 

 lower flanks glossy bluish black with white; under wing-coverts 

 blackish brown with a little metallic gloss. Total length about 8 ' 

 inches, wing 8-2, tarsus 0-6, tail 2-3. 



Youm/er birds show only indications of the Avhite on the fore- 

 head ; the brownish spots on the under tail-coverts, which are to be 

 seen in many specimens, are also a sign of immaturity. 



The female seems to be slightly smaller. 



Hah. South-eastern Mongolia and Eastern Siberia (Irkutsk, 

 lakutsk, Amoor, Ussuri), wandering in winter down to Australia, 

 passing over China and Japan, in the northern parts of which it 

 also breeds. Occurred twice as a straggler in Great Britain. 



[Australia?] 



Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Amoor, Siberia. Purchased. 



Japan. Tweeddale Coll. 



Chinese Sea, off (nitzloff, Dr. M'Kinlay [P.]. 



May 24. 



Australia. Purchased. 



Australia. Purchased. 



