HIRUNDO SCLATERI, Cory. 



SCLATER'S SWALLOW. 



Hinmdo etichrysea, var. dominicensis, Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. jN t . H. xi. p. 95 (1866). 

 Hinmdo sclateri, Cory, Auk, 1884, p. 2; id. B. S. Domingo, p. 45, pi. 5 (1884); 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds in Brit. Mus. x. p. 171 (1885). 



H. supra metallice viridis, chalybeo nitens, vix cuprescens : fronte chalybeo lavata, : subtus alba. 



Hab. in insula Dominicensi maris Caribbsei. 



Adult male. General colour above glossy steel-blue, with a very little reflexion of golden-green under 

 certain lights ; lesser wing-coverts like the back; median and greater coverts black, edged with 

 the glossy shade of the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, externally edged 

 with golden green, the secondaries with purplish blue, the primaries with dull green ; upper tail- 

 coverts glossy steel-blue with golden reflexions ; tail-feathers black, edged with steel-blue or dull 

 green ; crown of head golden green with steel-blue reflexions, the forehead decidedly steel-blue ; 

 lores black ; sides of face and ear-coverts like the head, as also a spot on the chin ; cheeks, throat, 

 sides of neck, and under surface of body pure white; some of the flank -feathers internally 

 golden green ; thighs blackish ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries dull 

 steel-blue, edged with glossy green ; quills below dusky, more ashy along the inner webs. Total 

 length 5 inches, culmen 0'25, wing 4 - 45, tail 2'0, tarsus 0*35 . 



The sexes are alike, according to Mr. Cory. 



Hab. San Domingo. 



We are indebted to our friend Mr. C. B. Cory for the loan of a skin of this beautiful 

 Swallow, described by him from San Domingo. In its brilliant glossy plumage it 

 approaches H. euchrysea of Jamaica, but the prevailing colour is green instead of golden 

 bronze, and there is a pronounced gloss of steel-blue, of which there is no trace in the 

 Jamaican bird. 



Mr. Cory writes : — " This species was quite abundant in the vicinity of La Vega, 

 San Domingo, during July and August ; none were taken elsewhere, although a small 

 flock of Swallows were observed a few miles east of Gonaives, which I believe were the 

 present species." 



The description and figure are both taken from the above-mentioned specimen, lent 

 to us by Mr. Cory . 



