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NEEDLE-TAILED SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo caudacuta.) 



Hr. obscura viridi-nitens, fronts gulaque albida, rectricibiu apice 



subulatis. 

 Obscure shining green Swallow, with the forehead and throat 



whitish, and the tail-feathers awl-shaped at the tips. 

 Hirando caudacuta. Lath. lad. Orn. Sup. II. Irii. 1. 

 Needle-tailed Swallow. Lath. Syn. Sup, II. 259. 3. 



DISCOVERED in New South Wales ; double the 

 size of the Aculeated Swallow : the prevailing 

 colour of the plumage is dusky, with a green gloss 

 on the wings and tail : the forehead is white : the 

 throat very pale dusky, inclining to whitish : inner 

 wing-coverts variegated with white : the feathers 

 of the tail pointed, and armed with sharp needle- 

 like processes. Very abundant in February, and 

 feeds on large insects, particularly locusts. 



BROWX SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo fusca.) 



Hi.Jusca, alis caudaque viridi-fuscis, gula, crisso, et tectricibus 

 caudts inferioribus albis, rectricibus apice nudis subulatis. 



Brown Swallow, with the wings and tail green brown ; the throat, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts white, and the feathers of the 

 latter naked and awl-shaped at the tips. 



THERE is a specimen of this bird in the British 

 Museum, which appears to be distinct from H. 



