ATTICORA CINEREA (Gm.). 



ANDEAN SWALLOW. 



V JJirondelle clu Perou, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 498 (1700). 



La Petite HirondeUe noire a ventre cendre, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 673 



(1779). 

 Ash-bellied Swallow, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 573 (1783). 

 Hirundo cinerea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1026 (1788) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 58 (1845). 

 Hirundo andecola, D'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. p. 69 (1837) ; Tschudi & Cab. Faun. 



Peruan. p. 132 (1845-46) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 981, 1868, p. 569, 1869, 



p. 151 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 72, no. 853 (1869) ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. 



Neotr. p. 14 (1873); Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 510; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. 595; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 212 (1884). 

 Petrochelidon murina, Cass. Proc. Pliilad. Acad. 1853, p. 370; id. Cat. Hirund. 



Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 6 (1S53) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 74. 

 Atticora cinerea, Sclater, Cat. Amer. B. p. 39 (1862) ; Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 312 



(1865); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 599; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 14 (1873); 



Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 510, 1882, p. 8 ; Salvin & Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 



i. p. 229 (1883); Tacz. Orn. P6rou, i. p. 243 (1884); Sharpe, Cat. Birds in Brit. 



Mus. x. p. 184 (1885). 

 Sir undo murina, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 72, no. 852 (1869). 

 Atticora murina, Berlepsch & Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 287. 



A. subtus brumiea, tibiis brunneis pectore concoloribus. 



Hub. in montibus Andeanis America meridionalis. 



Adult male. General colour above glossy greenish black, the lesser wing-coverts and scapulars like the 

 hack ; median and greater wing-coverts and quills hlackisb brown, with a slight steel-green 

 gloss ; tail-feathers blackish brown, with dusky cross bars under certain lights ; lores velvety 

 black ; ear-coverts and sides of neck glossy greenish black ; cheeks and under surface of body 

 clear earthy brown, including the thighs; under tail-coverts blackish brown, with glossy greenish- 

 black edges; axillaries and under wing-coverts earthy brown like the breast; quills dusky, more 

 ashy brown along the inner web : " bill black ; feet brownish flesh-colour ; iris dark brown " 

 (Stohmann). Total length 5 4 inches, culmen 03, wing 34, tail 2"4, tarsus 0"45. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage. Total length 5 - 8 inches, culmen 0'25, wing 4'4, tail 1'2.">, 

 tarsus 0'45. 



The shade of colour on the upper parts varies between steel-blue and steel-green, as is the 

 case with other American Swallows, the bluer shade indicating, as we believe, a newly moulted 

 state of plumage. 



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