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MARSH SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo palustris.) 



Hi. griseo-briinnea, su6tvs grisea, pennis alarum caudaque nifo 



marginalis. 

 Grey-brown Shallow, beneath grey, with the feathers of the 



wings and tail margined with rufous. 

 L'Hirondelle de Marais, ou la Brunei. Le Vail, Ois. a? Afri. 



5. 15S.pl. 24(5./. 2. male. 



THIS bird frequents the borders of rivers and 

 marshes in the southern parts of Africa : the pre- 

 vailing colour of its body is grey brown ; the 

 wings are dark brown, with the margins of the 

 feathers rufous : the tail is short, forked, and of 

 the same colour as the wings : the eyes are bright 

 yellow brown: the feet and beak are dusky black. 



JAVA SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo javanica.) 



Hi. cezruleo-nigricans nitidus, subtus cinerascens, fronle, gida, 

 juguloquejerrugineis, rectricibus lateralibus apice macula alba. 



Shining blue-black Swallow, beneath ash-coloured, with the 

 forehead, throat, and jugulum ferruginous; the lateral tail- 

 feathers with a white spot at their tips. 



Hirundo javanica. Mas. Carls. 4. 100. Lain. Ind. Orn. Sup. 

 hiii. 3. 



Javan Swallovr. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 259. 6. 



