THREE-SPOTTED NIGHT-JAR. 



the ends of the two lateral feathers, on each side, 

 are tipt, for about three quarters of an inch, with 

 pure white ; the next pair has a very narrow margin 

 at the tip, of pale fulvous, but there is none upon 

 the remainder. 



Total length, 11 inches; wings, 8; tail, from the 

 base, 6^. 



GREAT SENEGAL SWALLOW. 



Hirundo Senegalensis, LINN.SUS. 



PLATE VI. 



Large , tail, forked ; plumage above, glossy-black ; sides of 

 the nape and neck, and lower part of the back, rufous ; 

 beneath, ferruginous, verging to white on the throat and 

 breast ; under wing- covers and thighs, pure white. 



Hirundo Senegalensis, Linnaus. Le Grande Hirondelle a ven- 



tre roux du Senegal, PL Enl. 310 Senegal Swallow of 



authors. 



THIS is the largest of the true Swallows we have 

 yet seen, for it measures full eight inches in its total 

 length. Its structure is precisely similar to our 

 common Hirundo rustica, excepting that the hind 

 toe and claw, which in that bird is of equal length 

 with the shank, is in this a slight degree longer. 

 In the general cast of its colouring it has such a 

 close resemblance to the Hirundo Capensis figured 

 by Le Yaillant as an inhabitant of the Cape of 



