48 BIRDS, PASSERES, 26. Hirundo, 



vent white : sides yellowish ; greater and lesser wing-coverts Upt 

 'With white; quills dusky with paler outer margins: legs lead- 

 colour. 



128. P. palustris. Rusty-grey, beneath dirty white : head 

 and chin black : cheeks, sides of the neck and throat 

 while. 



Marsh Titmoufc. Br. Zool. t. ,57. Lewin t. 120. Walcot t. 247, 



Length 4 inches and a half : extent near 8 : weight 2 dr. and a half. 

 Bill black : iris hazel ; head hlack, but not glossy : chin often spotted 

 with white : wings with or without a grey band or two : quill 

 and tail-feathers dusky-grey with paler outer margins : legs lead 

 colour. 



129. P. caruleus. Crown, wings and tail blue: front and 

 cheeks white : across the eyes and on the sides of 

 the neck a black stripe : back yellowish-rgreen : 

 breast and belly yellow. 



Tom-tit. Brit. Zool. t . 57. Lewin t. 121. Walcot t. 245. 



Length 4 inches and a half: extent above 7 : weight 3 drachms. 

 Bill blackish ; iris dark hazel : crown bounded by a circle of white : 

 wings with a white bar ; the primary quills white on the outer* 

 margin : legs lead-colour, 



130. P. caudalm.. Purplish, with a broad black band 

 down the back, beneath pale rosy : crown white, 

 surrounded by a black band passing through the eyes: 

 tail longer than the body. 



%ong-tailed Titmoufe. Lewin f. 122. Donovan t. 16, 



Length near 6 inches : extent near 7 : weight about 2 drachms, 

 Sill short, thick, black : iris hazel, edges of the eye-lids yellow? 

 head and cheeks white, with a few dark feathers : sides of the back 

 dull purple : throat and under part of the neck white : greater wing- 

 coverts brown, with a dull rofy edge, tipt with white : quills dusky, 

 the inner-pnes white on the outer edge : tail 3 inches long, the fea- 

 thers very unequal in length, the 4 middle-ones black, the next 

 with a white mark near the tip, the rest obliquely white on the 

 outei*-webs : legs blackish. 



131. P. biarmicus. Rufous, chin and throat white : head 

 hoary : beneath the eyes a tuft of black feathers 

 pointing downwards : vent black : tail as long as the 

 body. 



Bearded Titmoufe, Lewin t, 123. DoKov.t. i. Walcot t, 248. 

 Length 6 inches and a quarter : weight 2 drachms apd a half. 

 Bill orange, a little curved : iris yellow : breast flesh-colour : quills 

 dusky with pale edges, the inner-^webs of the primaries white 

 fecondaries with rufous edges : tail wedge-form, 3 inches long, the 

 outer feathers more^ or lefs white : legs black, female without the 

 black tuft under the eyes : vent white, 



26. HIRUNDO. Swallow, 



132. H t rustica. With 3 toes forwards : above black 

 with a purplish gloss, beneath whitish : front and 



w chin ferruginous : tail-feathers, except the 2 middle 

 ones, w r ith an oval white spot. 



Chimney Swallow. Br. Zool. t. 58, Lewin t. 124. Walcott. 251. 

 Length near 7 inches : extent above 12 : weight near 6 drachms. 

 Bill black : iris hazel : breast and belly white, in the male with a 

 tinge of red : tail much forked : legs dusky. 



133. H. urbica. With 3 toes forwards; rump and iu> 

 tlerneath white : tail-feathers entirely black. 



