HIRUNDO ERYTHROPYGIA, Sykes. 



SYKES'S MOSQUE-SWALLOW. 



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Hirundo erythropygia, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 83 ; Jercl. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 237 

 (1840) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, pp. 237, 337 ; G. King, J. A. S. Beng. xxxvii. pt. 2, 

 p. 215 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 09, no. 806 (1869) : Brooks, Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 16; Blanf. J. A. S. Beng. xxxviii. p. 172 (1869); Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 161; 

 Blanf. J. A. S. Beng. xl. p. 27 (1871) ; Stoliczka, op. cit, xli. p. 231 (1872) ; 

 Adam, Str. F. i. p. 370 (1873) ; Brooks, J. A. S. Beng. xliii. pt. 2, p. 213 (1871) ; 

 id. Str. E. iii. p. 230 (1875) ; Aitken, t. c. p. 212 ; Hume, t. c. p. 318 ; Butler, 

 t. c. p. 451; Wald. Ibis, 1876, p. 33S ; Butler, Str. E. v. p. 226(1877) ; Davidson 

 & Wenden, Str. E. vii. p. 76 (1878) ; Murray, t. c. p. 113 ; Legge, B. Ceylon, 

 p. 591 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 81 (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind, &c. p. 10 

 (1879) ; id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 14 (1880) ; Wardlaw Bamsay, Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 48 ; Vidal, Str. E. ix. p. 43 (1880) ; Butler, t. c. p. 377 ; Beid, Str. E. x. p. 18 

 (1881) ; Davidson, t. c. p. 292 (1882) ; Davison, t. c. p. 315 (1883) ; Seebohm, 

 Ibis, 1883, p. 169 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds in Brit. Mus. x. p. 164 (1885) ; Taylor, 

 Str. F. x. p. 457 (1887) ; Terry, t. c. p. 469 ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs 

 Ind. B. ii. p. 197 (1890) ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 283 (1890) ; Seebohm, 

 B. Japan. Emp. p. 143 (1890). 



Hirundo daurica (nee Pall.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 198 (1S49, pt.) ; 

 Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 170 (1853) ; id. & Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. 

 App. p. 5S (1853) ; Cass. Cat, Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 4 (1853) ; Horsf. & 

 Moore, Cat, B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 92 (1854, pt.) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 160 (1862, 

 pt.) ; Bulger, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 568 ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 419 ; Murray, 

 Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 103 (1884). 



Cecropis daurica, Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 4 (1853). 



Cecropis erythropygia, Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 29 (186S) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 352 ; 

 Blyth, B. Barm. p. 127 (1875) ; Eairb. Str, E. iv. p. 254 (1876). 



Lillia erylhropjygia, Hume, Nests & Eggs Ind. B. p. 76 (1873) ; id. Str. F. v. p. 255 

 (1877). 



77. similis H. claurica, scd multo minor : subtus albicans : striis pectoralibus obsoletis distinguenda. 



Hab. in peninsula Indica, 



Adult male. General colour above deep purplish blue, with white striations where the bases of the 

 feathers show through ; the wing-coverts like the back ; quills blackish, externally glossed with 

 dull blue ; rump and upper tail-coverts deep ferruginous, the longer coverts deep purplish blue ; 



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