﻿534 SWALLOW. 



3 2, Hirondelle acutipenne de Cayenne, Buf. oif. vi. p. 701.— PL enl. 726. f. t. 



Var. B. 



Description, jt^E N G T H above four inches and a half. Above blueifh 



brown : rump grey : throat and fore part of the neck rufous 



grey. 



Place. Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana, but feldom near inhabited places ; 



nor is it known whether it would build in chimnies or not, as 



there are none in thofe places. 



33- L'Hirondelle noire acutipenne de la Martinique, Buf '. oij 1 vi. p. 702. — 



SHARP- TAILED 



SW. 



PL enl. 544. 'f. 1. 



Description. ClZEof a Wren: length three inches eight lines. Above 



black : throat brownilh grey : the reft of the under parts dull 



brown z bill and legs brown : . the ends of the tail feathers 



pointed, as in the laft fpecies. Some have the under parts of the 



body of a reddifh brown. 



Place. Inhabits Martinko ; and is one of the fmalleft of this'fpecies. 



34. Hirundo apus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 344. N° 6. — Scop. ann. i. p. 166. N° 251. — 



4- SWIFT. Kram. el p. 380. N° $. — Brun. p. 74. N° 292. — Rait Sjn. p. 72. 



A. 4. — Fri/cb. t. 17. — Muller, N° 290. — Georgi Rei/e, p. 175. 

 Le Martinet, Brif. orn. ii. p. 512. N° 15. 



- noir, Buf. oij. vi. p. 643. 



Le Grand Martinet, PL enl. 542. f. 1. 



Slack Martin, or Swift, Rait Syn. p. 72. A. 4. — Will. orn. p. 214. t. 39.— 

 Albin.'iS.. pi. 55. — Br. Zool. i. N° 171. — Arc!. Zool. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. 'THIS is a large fpecies, being near eight inches long: its 



weight only one ounce. The bill is black : irides hazel : 



1 colour 



