REPUBLICAN OR CLIFF SWALLOW. 357 



HiauNDO FULVA, Vieill. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 62. PI. 32 — Ch, Bonaparte 



Synops. of Birds of the United States, p. 64. 

 Fulvous or Cliff-Swallow, Hirundo fulva, Ch. Bonaparte, Amer. Ornith- 



vol. i. p. 63. PI. 7. fig. 1. 



Adult Male. Plate LXVIII. Fig. 1. 



Bill short, feeble, much depressed and very broad at the base, com- 

 pressed towards the tip ; vipper mandible nearly straight ; gap as wide 

 as the head, and extending to beneath the eye. Nostrils basal, lateral, 

 roundish. Head of ordinary size. Neck short. Body rather slender. 

 Feet very short and feeble ; tarsus and toes scutellate anteriorly, lateral 

 toes nearly equal, the outer united to the second joint ; claws short, weak, 

 arched, rather obtuse. 



Plumage silky, shining, and blended ; wings very long and slender, 

 the first quiU longest. Tail of ordinary length, the same length as the 

 wings, even, of twelve straight, narrowish, rather abrupt feathers. 



Bill black. Iris hazel. Feet dusky. Upper part of the head, the 

 back, and the lesser wing-coverts black, with violet reflections. A line 

 of black across the anterior part of the forehead, extending over the eyes. 

 Forehead marked with a semilunar band of white, shghtly tinged with 

 red. Chin, throat, and sides of the head deep bro^vnish-red, the band of 

 each side narrowing and meeting the other at the back of the neck. 

 Posterior part of the back and upper tail-coverts light yellowish-red. 

 Breast pale reddish, the rest of the vmder parts greyish-white, tinged 

 with red. Wings and tail brownish-black. 



Length 5^ inches, extent of wings 12; bill along the ridge \, along 

 the gap j^g ; tarsus ^, middle toe a Httle more than 5. 



Adult Female. Plate LXVIII. Fig. 2. 



The female in external appearance differs in no respect from the 

 male. 



