ORDER PASSERES. 63 



White-bellied Swallow. Hir. fasciata. Gin. PI. 

 Eul. 724. 



Black; abdominal band and femoral spot white. 

 Cayenne. 



Hir. violacea. PI. Enl. 722. H. purpurea. 

 Wilson, V. 39. 



Glossy purple, with a copper, or blue reflection. 



Chalybeate Swallow. Hir. chalybea. Gm. PI. 

 Enl. 545. 



Steel black ; beneath, brownish gray. 



Senegal Swallow. Hir. Senegalensis. Lin. PI. 

 Enl. 301. 



Shining bluish black ; beneath, and rump red, quills 

 and tail black. Senegal. 



Hir. Capensis. Gm. PI. Enl. 723. 



Bluish black; beneath,yellowish black, streaked; crown 

 red, side tail feathers with a white spot. South Africa. 



Rufous-headed Swallow. Hir. Indica. Gm. Latham. 

 Syn. 56. 



Brown ; crown red ; body beneath whitish. India. 



Panayan Swallow. Hir. Panayensis. Gm. 

 Sonnerat. Voy. 76- 



Silky black ; beneath, white ; forehead and throat, 

 yellow ferruginous ; throat, margined by a black 

 collar. Phillipine Islands. 



Hir. subis. Lin. Edw. 120 



This species, according to Lichtenstein, is a variety 

 of H. purpurea. 



