LITEEATUEE. XXxix 



Page 45. — 724. fig. 1. Hirondelle f\ ventre rous. [ = Hirundo erythroffasier, Bodd.'] [Fig. 2 omitted.] 

 Page 45. — 725. fig. 1. Petit Martinet noir. ") 



725. fig. 2. Martinet k collier blane. i ^'^'^'"^ °* '^'''' ""'' "^'""''^'^ ^^ ^°^''^^'^- 

 Page 45. — 726. fig. 1. Hirondelle Cumaria. [—Chcetura spinicauda (T.).] 



726. fig. 2. Hirondelle acutijjenue. [ = Hiru7ido pelasffia.'] This identification is wrong, 

 according to Mr. Hartert, who refers the figure to Chcetura poliura. 



1786. ScoPOLi, J. A. Deliciae Elorse et Paimge Insubricae, seu novae, aut minus cosnitfe 

 species plantarum et animalium, quas in Insubria Austriaca, tarn spontaneas, 

 quam exoticas vidit, descripsit, et aeri incidi curavit J. A. S. Pars ii. Ticini, 

 1786. 



Hirundo gutturalis (p. 96, no. 115) proposed as a name for the Hirondelle d'Antiyue of Sonnerat 

 (Voy. Nouv. Guin. pi. 76). 



1788. Gmelin, J. F. Caroli a Linne, Systema Naturae etc. Tom. i. Svo. Lipsige, 

 1788. Pp. 1032. 



The genus Hirundo (pp. 1015-1026) contains in this work 44 species, an advance of 32 on tlie 

 number known to Linnseus. As in the case of the twelfth edition of the ' Systema,' many o£ the species 

 are Swifts. 



The following are the species known to Gmelin, and, as usual, the names given for the first time 

 are simply the latinization of the English titles given by Latham. This brings up to date the number 

 of species of Swallows known to the older authors. 



1. Hirundo rustica, L. 13. Hirundo alba, ex Brisson, ii. p. 489. 



2. Hirundo tahitica, p. 1016. — Founded on Latham's " Otaheite Swallow." '^ 



3. Hirundo escwfente.— Founded on Latham's "Esculent Swallow," which is again taken from 



Brisson (Orn. ii. p. 510, pi. 46. fig. 2). 



4. Hirundo borbonica. — Founded on the " Wheat Swallow " of Latham, which is derived from Mout- 



beillard (supra, p. xs.xviii), and including the Hirondelle de I'lsle de Bourbon ('Planches 

 Enluminees,' pi. 544. fig. 2), which is also Hirundo borbonica (Gmelin). 



5. Hirundo francica. — Founded on the " Grey-rumped Swallow " of Latham, but by some mistake 



D'Aubenton's figure of the " Hiroudelle de Bourbon " is again quoted. The .species is 

 Collocalia francica (Gmelin) : cf. Hartert, /. c. p. 503. 



6. Hirundo americana. — Founded on the " Rufous-rumped Swallow " of Latham. This may be 



Pefrochelidon pyrrlionofa, but has not since been identified. 



7. Hirundo urbica, L. 



8. Hirundo panay ana. — Founded on the " Panayan Swallow" of Latham {supra, p. xxxvii). 



9. Hirundo rufa. — Founded on Latham's " Kufous-bellied Swallow" {.s-upn), p. xxxvii), which is 



Hirundo erythroiiaster, Bodd. 



10. Hirundo capensis. — Founded on Latham's " Cape Swallow "' (supra, [). \\\\\i), ^\]\ic]l= Hirundo 



cucullata, Bodd. 



11. Hirundo riparia, L. 



12. Hirundo rupcstris (" Rock-Swallow " of Latham). ■) 



i„ „■ , , ,„ ,-, on >! c t J.^ \ /■ Both of these = 7)/V///.« ;v7«-.v/r/.s- (Scoi).). 



13. Hirundo nwnt a ua (" Crag-Swallow ' of Latham), j •' \ i- ' 



14. Hirundo purpurea, L. 



