HIRUNDO TAHITICA, Gm. 



PACIFIC SWALLOW. 



Otalieite Stcalloic, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 563, pi. frontisp. (1783). 



Elrundo tahitica. Gm. Svst. Xat. i. p. 1016 (1788) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 58 (1845) ; 



id. B. Trop. Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 1 (1859) ; Pelz. Pt,eis. Novara, Vog. p. 41 



(1865) ; Finsch & Hartl. Faun. Centralpolyu. p. 51 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. 



p. 70, no. 811 (1869) ; £. L. Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 430 ; id. Ibis, 1876, p. 391 ; 



Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 730, 738 ; E. L. & L. C. Layard, Ibis, 1878, pp. 270. 



280; Scbmeltz, Verb. Ver. Hamb. 1879, p. 76; Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 192; 



Nebrk. J. f. O. 1879, p. 395; Salvad. Ibis, 1880, p. 130; Tristr. t. c. p. 246; 



L. C. Layard, t. c. p. 298 ; Finscb, Ibis, 1881, p. 536 ; id. Ptep. Voy. ' Cballenger,' 



ii. Birds, pp. 43, 53 (1881) ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 5 (1881) ; Tristr. 



Ibis, 1882, p. 142 ; Layard, t. c. pp. 503, 543 ; Finscb, Vog. der Siidsee, p. 5 



(1884); Sbarpe, Cat. Birds in Brit. Mus. x. p. 141 (1885); Grant, P. Z. S. 1887, 



p. 330, 1888, p. 194; Salvad. Agg. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 69 (1890) ; Wiglesw. 



Abbandl. k. Zool. Mus. Dresden, no. 6, p. 18 (1891). 

 Hirundo taitensis. Less. Voy. ' Coquille,' i. p. 648 (1826). 

 Ile^'se taitensis, Less. CompL Buff. viii. p. 443 (1837). 



Hirundo pyrrholcEma, Forster, Icon. iued. no. 167; id. Descr. Anim. p. 211 (1844). 

 Cecropis taitensis, Boie, Isis, 1811', p. 175. 

 Herse tahitica, Bp. Consp. i. p. 340 (1850). 



Fetrochelidon pacifica, Cass. Cat. Hirund. Pbilad. Mus. p. 5 (1853). 

 Chelidon tahitica, Licbt. Nomencl. Av. p. 61 (1854). 

 Hirundo suhfusca, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 137 ; Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacific 



Ocean, p. 4 (1859). 

 Fetrochelidon .tahitica, Cass. Cat. Hirund. Pbilad. Mus. p. 5 (1853) ; Bp. Rivist. 



Contemp., Torino, p. 5 (1857). 

 Phedina suhfusca, Bp., teste Salvad. 

 Hirundo {Herse) tahilica, Pelz. Reis. 'Novara,' Vog. p. 11 (isii,")). 



//, minor : ulis ciiuda'ri cxeedrutihii-; : pi'Uipcctorc ininimi' torcjunto : I'ninti' nilVi : y:ul;'i iiiti'ii^c rula : 

 rectricibiis oiuiiilius coiicolorilms vcl niiimte alhido iiotatis. 



Ildh. ill ir.snlis Occanicis maris Pacificl. 



Addll iiKilc. (Ji'jicral coloiii' al)ii\c dull stcrl-bluc or hhu-lilack, witli a--Iiy l>a-.cs tn tlic fcatlii'l's ; lesser 

 and nicdian wing-coverts like tlic iiacli ; f^roaler coverts, bastard-wiiii;, primarv-eoverts, and 

 (piills blackisli, sliglitly glossed witli steel-blue on tlie outiM- web ; tail-leathers und'orm blaelusli, 



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