xli7 LITEEATUEE. 



The definition of the genus Hirundo by SchaefPer, with the Chimney-Swallow as the type, has 

 fortunately preserved the name of Hirundo instead of Chelidon for this large assemblage of Swallows. 

 Thus Chelidon of Forster becomes a synonym of Hirundo, Schaeffer (ex Linn.). Hirundo of Forster= 

 Chelidon, Boie [posteh, ]}. xlvi). With regard to Clivicola, this genus is now being generally adopted 

 over Cotile of Boie, but Forster, in the same work (p. 17), calls the Sand-Martin Riparia europtsa. If 

 a mere name is sufficient now-a-days to establish a genus, then, it seems to us, Riparia must take 

 precedence of Clivicola and the name of the Sand-Martin become Riparia riparia. 



1817. ViEiLLOT, L. P. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle. Tome xiv. 8vo. 

 Paris, 1817. Pp. 627. 



The genus " Hirondelle" is treated of on pages 501-537. Many names are here given which are 

 in general use at the present day, but in some instances they are founded on the species of Levaillant's 

 'Oiseaux d''Afrique,' just as were those of Stephens. The names given by the latter naturalist have 

 always been made to give way to those of Vieillot ; but, although they were published in the same year, 

 it seems to us that, in all probability, the volume of Stephens's ' General Zoology" was issued before 

 the fourteenth volume of the ' Dictionnaire.' 



Hirundo cyanoleuca (p. 509) (ex Azara, Golondrina timoneles negros) . \_ = Atiicora cyanoleuca (V.).] 



Hirundo versicolor (p. 509). \_ = Progne purpurea (L.).] 



Hirundo cyanopyrrha (p. 510), from French Guiana. \_ = H. erythroy aster, Bodd.] 



Hirundo fusca (p. 510) (ex Azara, Golondrina parda) . 



Hirundo paludicola (p. 511) (ex Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 245. fig. 2). This is ff. joa/MS<ri« of Stephens, 



and the latter name may really have priority, if the actual mouths of publication could be 



discovered. 

 Hirundo leucorrhoa (p. 519) (ex Azara, Golondrina rabadilla blanca),nec H. leucorrhoa, Steph. 



[infra, p. xlv), which is Cypselus caffer. 

 Hirundo pyrrhonota (p. 519). '\_ = Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (V.).] 

 Hirundo domestica (p. 520) (ex Azara, Golondrina domestica). 

 Hirundo rufifrons (p. 521) (ex Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 245. fig. 2). The same name is bestowed by 



Stephens [vide infra, p. xlv) on the same figure. 

 Hirundo nigricans. From " New Holland." [=Petrochelidon nigricans (V.).] 

 Hirundo ruficollis (p. 523). From Brazil. [ = Stelgidopteryx ruficollis (V.).] 

 . Hirundo cristata (p. 523) (ex Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 247. fig. 1). 

 Hirundo atra (p. 523) (ex Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 244. fig. 1). Is probably Cypselus caffer, Licht. 

 Hirundo albicollis (p. 524). From Brazil. [= Chatura conaris : cf. Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 47fi.] 

 Hirundo virescens (p. 525) (ex D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 544. fig. 2). [=Phedina borbonica (Gm.).] 

 Hirundo cinerea (p. 526), nee H. cinerea, Gm. [ut supra, p. xl). \_~Cotile riparia (L.).] 

 Hirundo rutila (p. 528), founded ou a specimen in the Paris Museum. \_=Cypseloides rutilus (V.) : 



cf. Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 493.] 

 Hirundo velox (p. 533) (ex Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 244. fig. 2). This same name is bestowed by 



Stephens on the same plate. 

 Hirundo albiventris, nee Bodd. (p. 533) (ex Vieill. Ois. Amer. Sept. pis. 28, 29). {^^Progne 



dominicensis.] 

 Hirundo flavigastra (p. 534) (ex Azara, Golondrina vientre amarillazo). \_ — Stelgidopteryx ruficollis 



(V.) [supra, p. xli).] 



