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H. Hortensis. Lich. H.Jlavigastra, Vieil. Azara, 

 306. 



Body above blackish brown ; throat and crop red ; 

 chest and belly yellowish white. Paraguay. 



Red-headed Swallow. Lath. Hir. Erythrocephala. 

 Gm. 



Blackish above ; white beneath ; head red ; wings and 

 tail brown. India. 



Ash-bellied Swallow. Lath. H. cinerea. Gm. 



Shining black ; beneath, ash ; tail edged with yellow- 

 ish gray. Peru and Otaheite. 



H. leucorhcBa. Vieil. 



Blue, with violet tint over the eyes and body ; beneath, 

 white ; quills and tail, black. Paraguay. 



H.fusca. Vieil. Azara. 301. 



Brown; throat and belly white, with a brown and 

 white band on chest ; quills and tail brown. Paraguay. 



Others have square, short tails, and the tail feathers 

 ending in a point. 



Temminck has referred these sharp-tailed swallows 

 to the Cypseli, or Swifts. And Mr. Stephens separates 

 them generically under the name of Chcetura. 



Sharp-tailed Swallow. Lath. H. acuta. Gm. 

 H. martinicana. Briss. PL Enl. 544. ChcBtura 

 martinica. Stephens. 



Black ; beneath, brown ; throat grey. Martinique. 



