Binmclo panayana, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1018 (1788) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 204; 



Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. E. I. Co. Mus. i. p. 91 (1854). 

 mrundojemui, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. S3 ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 237 (1840). 

 Mirundo rustica (nee L.), Meyen, Nova Acta Acad. Cses. Leop.-Car. Nat. Cur. 

 Suppl. Taf. 10. fig. 1 (1834) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 197 (1849, pt.) ; 

 Temm. & Schl. Faun. Japon., Aves, p. 31 (1850) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1861, pp. 254, 328, 

 & 1863, p. 89 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 157 (1862, pt.) ; Sol. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 217 ; Gray, 

 Hand-1. B. i. p. 68, no. 786 (1869, pt.); Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 418; Hayes 

 Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 405 ; Sharps, Trans. Linn. Soc, 2nd ser. Zool. i. p. 328 (1876) ; 

 Anderson, Zool. Ynn-nan Exped., Birds, p. 649 (1878) ; Blakist. & Pryer, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 320; Gates, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 302 (1883). 

 Cecroins payana. Less. Compl. Bufi'. viii. p. 498 (1837). 

 Cecropis jeioan. Less. t. c. p. 499 (1837) ; Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 174. 

 Cecropis rusticoides, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 174 (ex Kuhl, MS.). 

 Cecropis panayana, Boie, t. c. 

 Sirundo javanica (nee Sparrm.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 338 (1850) ; Bernst. J. f. 0. 1859, 



p. 207 ; Blakist. Ibis, 1862, pp. 315, 316 ; Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 196. 

 Sirundo rzistica, var. nifa (pt.), Midd. Sibir. Pi^eise, Vog. p. 188 (1851) ; Schrenck, 

 Beis. Aniurl. i. p. 387 (1860) ; Badde, Eeis. im Siid. v. Ost-Sibir. ii. p. 278 (1863). 

 Hirundo fretensis, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 110 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. 



p. 70, no. 815 (1809); Higgles, Orn. Austr. text to pi. 22 (c. 1870). 

 Sirundo frenaia (lapsu cal.), Blyth, Ibis, 1800, p. 330; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 70, 



no. 810 (1869). 

 Sirundo andamanensis, Tytler & Beav. Ibis, 1807, p. 310 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 68, 

 no. 791 (1869) ; Ball, Str. F. 1873, p. 55 ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 155, & 1876, 

 p. 286. 

 Sirimdo rustica, var. gutturalis, Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. I7l (1883). 

 Sirundo liamtscliatika, Dyhowski, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, viii. p. 356 (1883). 

 Sirundo rustica gutturalis, Dyb. & Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, ix. p. 152 (1884) ; 

 Hartert, J. £. 0. 1889, pp. 354, 389 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1890, p. 102 ; id. B. Jap. Emp. 

 p. 141 (1890) ; Tacz. Mem. Imp. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. (7) xxxix. p. 174 (1891). 

 Sirundo rustica borealis, Dyb. & Tacz. t. c. p. 152. 



CheUdon gutturalis, Stejneger, Bull. IT. S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 271 (1885). 

 Chelidon kamtschatica, Stejneger, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 330 (1885). 



II. siinilis H. rusticce, sed minor, et fascia pniepectorali iuterrupta distiuguenda. 



Ilab. in Siberia orientali, in peninsula Indicii, in rcgione Indo-Sincnsi et Indo-Malayaua, et in insulis 

 Moluccauis liibernans. 



Adult male. General colour above glossy purplish blue, streaked with the white bases to the feathers of 

 the mantle ; wing-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, 



