A MONOGRAPH 



OF THE 



HIEUNDINID/E 



OR 



FAMILY OF SWALLOWS. 



BY 



E. BO AVI) LEE SHAEPE, LLD., F.L.S, F.Z.S.. Etc., 



DEPAHTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, BRITISH MUSEUM ; 



HOLDEE OF THE GOLD MEDAL FOE SCIENCE FROM H.I.M. THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA: 



M.A. (Hon.) BATES COLLEGE, U.S.A.; HOX. MEMBEE OF THE XEW-ZEALAND INSTITUTE: 



FOEEIGX MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OP SCIENCES OP LISBON: HON. MEMBEE OF THE EOYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIKIV 



(•NATUEA AETIS MAGISTRA')OF AMSTERDAM: FOREIGN MEMBEE OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION: 

 MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS OF MOSCOW; FOREIGN MEMBER OP THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OK FRANCE: 



MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS- UNION, ETC. ETC.: 



AND 



CLAUDE ^Y. WYATT, 



ME.MBEE OF THE BEITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' INluN. 



VOLUME I 



LONDON: 

 PRINTED FOR THE AUTHORS. 



1885-1894. 



