p. Z. S. 1858, p. 189, 1859, p. 154; id. Cat. Mamm. etc. N. Guin. pp. 18, 54 (1859) ; 



id. P. Z. S. 18G1, p. 433 ; Pinscli, Neu-Guinea, p. 162 (1865, pt.) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. 



i. p. 70, no. 812 (1869, pt.) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 179 (1878). 

 Jlerse frontalis, Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 497 (1837). 

 Ilerse javaiiica, Less. t. c. p. 497 (1837). 

 Cecropls javcmica, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 174. 

 Cecrojyis frontalis, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 174. 

 Hirundo domicola, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xiii. p. 173 (1844); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. 



Soc. p. 198 (1849) ; Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 118 (1852) ; Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 



Hist. xii. p. 170 (1853) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 264 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. 



Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 381 (1854); Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 158 (1862); Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, 



p. 217 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 336 ; Bulger, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 568 ; Gray, Haud-1. B. 



i. p. 70, no. 814 (1869) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 418; Elvves, Ibis, 1870, p. 527 ; 



Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 351 ; Morgan, Ibis, 1875, p. 313. 

 Hirundo pad fica (nee Lath.), Motl. & Dillw. N. H. Labuan, p. 10 (1855). 

 IJirundo neoxena (nee Gould), Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 189, 1861, p. 433 ; Eosenb. 



Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxv. p. 234 (1863). 

 Ilijpiirolepis domicola, Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 32 (1868); Hume, Nests ^ E^'gs Ind. 



B. p. 73 (1873) ; id. Str. F. 1874, p. 155. 

 Hyprirolepis javanica. Gates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 308 (1883). 

 Hirundo fretensis, Hamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 179 (1878, nee Gould). 



//. minor : pileo et uropygio dorso concoloribus : fronte rufa : cauda conspicue albo maculata : subcau- 

 dalibus fumoso-brunneis, albo marginatis. 



H(il>. in Peninsula Indica meridionali, in insula Zcylonica, in regionibus Indo-Burmanicis et per totam 

 regionem Indo-Malayanam et in insulis Moluccanis et Papuanis. 



A// 11 It male. General colour above dull steel-blue; lesser wing-coverts like tbe back ; tlie median and 

 greater coverts edged with dull steel-blue ; inner greater coverts ashy towards the end of the 

 inner web ; primary-coverts and quills black ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; tail-feathers 

 black, slightly glossed with steel-blue, all but the two centre featliers with an ovate spot of white 

 on the inner web ; crown of the head dull steel-blue like the back ; a broad frontal band of 

 ])rick-red ; lores blackish, as also the feathers round the eye ; ear-coverts brick-red like the sides 

 of the face, but blue along their upper margin; cheeks, throat, and fore neck brick-red; sides of 

 the neck dull steel-blue : breast dull ashy brown, the sides of the upper breast with a dull blue 

 patch like the sides of the neck ; abdomen ashy whitish ; sides of the body and flanks dull 

 smoky brown ; thighs smoky brown, tipped with ashy ; under tail-coverts smoky brown, margined 

 conspicuously with ashy white, before which is a bluish-black shade, broader on the longer coverts 

 and producing there a strongly marked appearance ; the longest ones entirely blackish with ashy 

 white tips ; under wing-coverts and axillaries smoky brown, with a slight shade of rufous ; 

 quills below dusky brown, inner edges rather more smoky brown : " bill blackish, the base of 

 the lower mandible reddish ; feet brown, the edges of the tarsal scales whitish ; claws black " 

 {Jr. V. Leyijc). Total length 4'5 inches, culmen 0'35, wing 4-15, tail 1 8, tarsus 0-35. 



