xxxiv LITEEATUEE. 



Plate 544. fig. 2. Hirondelle de FIsle de Bourbon. [=Hirundo borbonica, Gmelin.] 



Plate 726. fig. 1. Hirondelle k queue pointuej de Cayenne. \_=Ch(etura spmicauda (Temm.).] 



Plate 726. fig. 2. Hirondelle il queue pointue, de la Louisiane. [= Chcefura poliura (Temm.).] 



1766. LiNN.EUS, C. Systema Naturge, per Eegna Tria Naturse, secundum Classes, 

 Ordines, Genera, Species, cum cliaracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. I. 

 Holmice, 1766. Pp. 532. 



The genus Hirundo occupies three pages (pp. 343-345). Twelve species were known toLinnseus, of 

 which many were Swifts (Cypseli). The species are: — 1. Hirundo rustica (p. 343) ; 2. H. esculenta 

 [=Collocalia esculenta); 3. H. urbica; 4. H. ?-ij}a7-ia ; 5. H. purpurea {ex Catesby) ; 6. H. apus 

 [ = Cypselus apus) ; 7. H. subis* [ex Edwards, pi. \20) = Progne purpurea ; 8. H. seneyalensis {ex Brisson, 

 ii. pi. 45. fig. 1) ; 9. H. tapera {ex Brissou, pi. 45. fig. 3)=Progne tapera ; 10. H. pelasgia {ex Catesby, 

 App. p. 8, pi. S) — Ch(Btura pelasgia; 11. H. melba {ex Edwards and ^xis%on) = Cypselus melba (L.) ; 

 and, lastly, 12. Hirundo pratincola, the Pratincole. It is curious that Linnaeus should have put the 

 Pratincole into the genus Hirundo, and a century later Sundevall once more placed it with the 

 Caprimulgidoi {cf. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 86). 



1769. Laxmann, Eric. " Ririmdo daurica, area temporal! rubra, uropygio luteo 

 rufescente." K. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockliolm, xxx. p. 769. 



Here is given the original description of Hirundo daurica, a name generally attributed to Linnaeus. 



The latter refers to ' Act. Holm.,' 1769, but without giving the exact page. 



1769. ScoPOLi, J. A. Annus I. Historico-Natiu'alis. Descriptiones Avium Musei 

 proprii eariimque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Angustiss. Imperatoris et in 

 Museo excel]. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani. 12mo. Lijosise, 1769. 

 Pp. 168. 



Hirundo rupestris described (p. 167). 



1771. LiNN^us, C. Mantissa Plantarum prima et altera, generum editionis vi. et 

 specierum editionis ii. 8vo. Holmiae, 1771. Pp. 588. 



Hirundo daurica (App. p. 528). Described after Laxmann {ut supra). 



1773. Pallas, P. S. Eeise durcb verschiedene Provinzen des russischen E-eichs. 

 II. Theil. Erstes Bucb vom Jahr. 1770. 4to. St. Petersburg, 1773. Pp. 744. 



Hirundo alpestris, with its peculiar nest, described (Anhang, p. 709). ]_ = Hirundo daurica, Laxm.] 

 Pallas also refers to his ' Spicilegia,' but we can find no reference to the species in that work. 



* This name appears in the 10th edition of Linnasus's ' Systema,' 1758, and is adopted by our American 

 colleagues and other ornithologists who recognize the 10th edition as their starting-point. 



