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cording to the position with respect to the light : 

 greater coverts and secondary quills variegated 

 with white: greater quills and tail brown, with 

 green and blue reflections : rump and under parts 

 of the body white : legs pale : tail a quarter of an 

 inch shorter than the wings, and slightly forked : 

 female ? with the upper parts of the body dull 

 brown, and the under white, with oblong brown 

 spots ; in other respects similar to the above. 

 Abundant amongst the savannahs of Guiana, and, 

 like the rest of the Swallows, is fond of settling on 

 dry, leafless branches of trees. 



WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW. 

 (Hirnndn faaciata.) 



Hi. nigra,fascia abdominis maculaquejemorum albis. 



Black Swallow, with a band on the abdomen, and spot on the 



thighs, white. 

 Hirundo fasciata. Gmel. Syst. Xat. 1. 1022. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 5/5.8. 



L'Hirondelle a ceinture blanche. Buff. Hist. A T nf. Ois. Q. 6ll. 

 Hirondelle de Cayenne i bande blanche. Buff". PI. Enl /24 



/2. 

 White-bellied Swallow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 567. 8. 



THIS species is very fond of flying about rivers 

 and ponds at Cayenne and Guiana : it is six inches 

 in length : its beak is black : the whole bird, with 

 the exception of a white fascia on the abdomen, 

 and spot on the outer part of the thighs, black : 

 tail forked. 



