124 BROWN-COLLARED SWALLOW. 



forehead and throat brown : the abdomen white, 

 spotted with brown : the quills dusky brown : in 

 other respects similar to the male. 



BROWN-COLLARED SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo torquata.) 



"Kl.fosca subtus alba,fascia pectoralijemoribusqiiefuscis. 

 Brown Swallow, beneath white, with a band on the breast and 



thighs brown. 

 Hirundo torquata. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 1022. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 579. 24. 

 Hirondelle brune et blanche & ceinture brun. Buff, Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 6. 68O. 

 Hirondelle brun a collier du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. 



PL Enl. 723. f. i. 

 L'Hirondelle fauve. Le Vail. Ois. d'Afric. 5. 156. pi. 246. /. 1 ? 



male. 

 Brown-collared Swallow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 577- 26. 



BEAK dusky j between which and the eye there 

 is a white spot : upper parts of the body, thighs, 

 and band on the breast, brown : under parts 

 white : tail not forked. Inhabits the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Le Vaillant mentions a bird that appears to be 

 a variety of this species : it has the upper part of 

 the head, the neck, the shoulders, back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and the tail itself of a reddish 

 yellow colour, but the feathers of the latter, with 

 the exception of the outer one on each side, and 

 the two middle ones, have each an oval white spot 



