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ever may be inclined to perufe what has been faid on this mat- 

 ter, may confult Phil. Tranf. N 8 36. vol. li. p. 459.— vol. liii. 

 p. 101. — Buf. oif. vol. vi. p. 552. & Jeg.-—- Br, Z00L vol. i. Art. 

 Swallow. 



L'Hirocdelle blanche, Brif. orn. ii. p. 489. A. I. 



Br.Muf. Lev.MuA ^ WHITE *S W . 



*"pHIS variety is wholly white. I have likewife feen a fpe- Description, 

 cimen with the chin reddifh, otherwife of a pure white *. 



OTAHEITE SW. 

 Pl. in Frontis- 

 piece. 



T ENGTH five inches/ Bill black: irides brown: colour Description. 



of the body brown black, with a mining blueifh glofs : 

 from the chin to the upper part of the breaft it is of a fulvous 

 purple ; the reft of the parts beneath are of a footy brown ; the 

 vent palelt : tail a little forked; above black; beneath the 

 fame, but paler; the length two inches and a quarter: legs 

 black. 



Inhabits the mountainous parts of Otaheite. One of thefe is PtAC«. 



• Among fome Cbinefe drawings belonging to the late Dr. Fothergill, I ob- 

 ferved one, called Hirundo 'vulgaris, wholly white : the bill red, and ftiort : the 

 wings long : the tail feathers even, except the two outer ones, which were an 

 inch and a half longer than the reft : the legs red. I likewife met with one in 

 fome other Chine/e drawings, in all refpefts the fame, except the two long tail 

 feathers, which were placed in the middle of the tail, and not on the outride. 

 Which of the two was right, or whether the bird itfelf is a Sival/cw, I am not 

 able to determine, 



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