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rugineous ; tail notched shorter than the wings ; two 

 outer tail feathers of male very long. Nubia. 



** Two middle tail feathers different from the 

 rest, 



H. Albicoilis. Vieil. cypselus coliaris. Pr. Mag. 

 PI. Col. p. 195. 



Black; neck above and chest white. Brazils. A 

 <;hcetura of Stephens. 



Hir. Rutila. Vieil. 



Blackish; forehead, cheeks, throat, and neck red; two 

 middle tail feathers sharp tipped, rest rounded. 



Foreign countries have some swallows with a tail 

 almost square, and others, whose square and short 

 tail has its quills terminating in a point. 



St. Domingo Swallow. H. Dominieensis. Briss. 

 H, albiventer, Vieil. PI. Enl. 545. 



Steel-black ; belly white; tail blackish, 



Browfi'Collared Swallow. H. torquata. Gm. PI. 

 Enl. 723. 



Brown ; beneath white ; pectoral band and thighs 

 brown. South Africa. 



White-winged Swallow. H. leucoptera, Gm. Pl- 

 Enl. 546. 



Shining bluish ; ash beneath ; rump and wings varied 

 with white. Cayenne. 



Gray-rum^ped Swallow. H. Fancica. EnL 544. 



Blackish with white rump, India. 



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