74 GREAT SENEGAL SWALLOW. 



white, and the last range of the upper tail-covers, 

 like the tail itself, is glossy black. The fork of the? 

 tail measures an inch and a half. 



Total length, 8 inches; bill, from the front, 

 almost 1% ; wings, 5 T % ; tail beyond, ^ ; outermost 

 feather from the base, 5^ ; tarsus, T %. 



WHITE-BODIED SWALLOW. 



Hirundo leucosoma, SWAINS. 



Above, shining blue-black ; beneath, pure white ; patch upon 

 the lesser wing-covers, and band on the inner webs of the 

 tail-feathers, white ; wings longer than the two outer tail- 

 feathers, which are acuminated. 



WE can find no record of this small but very 

 beautiful swallow, the deep glossy black of whose 

 plumage finely contrasts with the snowy whiteness 

 of the under parts of its body. So little, indeed, is 

 known of the African Swallows, excepting those 

 described by Le Vaillant as inhabitants of the Cape 

 territories, that hardly more than two species, from 

 other parts of this continent, will be found in our 

 general systems. 



The form of the bird before us, like that of 

 the Great Senegal Swallow, is typical of the fork- 

 tailed division of the group. The first quill is rather 



