LITEEATUEE, Iv 



Hirundo scapularis, sji. n. (p. 59). [ = i/. dimidiata, Suud.] Figured pi. xii. fig. 1. 

 It seems to us probable that Cassiu's names foi' these two species were published before those of 

 Suudevall, though the general custom of quotation has been against this conclusion. 



1850. Cassin, John. Descriptions of new Species of Birds of the Genera Farad isea, 

 Pastor, and £uceros, and a proposition to rename others of the genei'a Alcyone 

 and Sirundo. Tom. cit. p. 69. 



Hinmdo ffouldi, nom.. emend, in-o Hifundo frontalis, Gouii {nee Quoy & Gaim.). [=Tachi/cmcta 

 leucon'hous (V.).] 



1850. Bonaparte, C. L. Conspectus Generum Avium. Vol. i. 8vo. Lugdini 



Batavorum, 1850. Pp. 513. 



Hirundo korthahi, sp. n. " Patria incerta." The type is in the Leyden Museum, and the species 

 is H. puella, T. & S. Cf. Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. s. p. 155. 



" Herse, Less." (p. 341), is adopted as a genus for an assemblage of Swallows. It is not equivalent 

 to Herse of Lesson (Compl. Buff. viii. Ois. p. 496). 



1851. Jakdine, W. Birds of AVcstern Africa. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 141. 

 Hirundo gordoni, sp. n. Gold Coast. 



1851. Verreaux, Jules et Edouard. Descriptions d'especes nouvelles, rares ou peu 

 connues d'oiseaux du Gabon (Afrique Occidentale). E,ev. et Mag. de Zool. 

 1851, pp. 306-317. 



Atticora melbina, sp. n. (p. .310). \_ = Hirundo ffriseopyff a, Suud.] 



1853. Cassin, J. Descriptions of new Species of HirumUnidce and Pslttacidce, specimens 

 of which are in the Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1853, pp. 369-373. 



Petrochelidon murina, sp. n. (p. 370). Ecuador. [ = Atticora ci/ierea (Gm.).] 

 Petrochelidon'i tibialis, sp. n. Habitat unknown. \_ = Atticora tibialis.] 

 Cecropis badius, sp. n. (p. 371). Malacca? 



1853. Cassin, J. Catalogue of the UlruiuUnkUe in the Collection of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1853. Pp. 13. 

 36 species of Swallows are catalogued, with some useful synonymy. 



1853. Brehm, A. E. Etwas iibcr den Zug dcr Vogcl in Nord-Ost-Afrika. -1. f. Oni. 



1853, pp. 451-457. 



Cotyle cahirica, sp. n. (p. 452). [=Biblis obsolcta.] 



1854. LiCHTENSTEiN, H. Nomenclator Avium Musci Zoologici Bcrolineusis. Svo. 



Berlin, 1854. Pp. viii, 123. 

 43 species enumerated. Hirundo dicliroa (d. GO) and //. moscliata (p. (JO) frofii South Africa. 



