ATTICORA FUCATA (7W). 



TAWNY-HEADED SWALLOW. 



fflrundo fucata, Tomm. PL Col. iv. pi. 161. fig. 1 (1823); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 58 



(1845). 

 Cotile fucata, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 596. 

 Eerse fucata, Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 498 (1837). 

 Cohjle fucata, Gray, Cat. Eissir. Brit. Mus. p. 30 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 342 (1850) ; 



Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philacl. Acad. p. 10(1853); Burm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 145 



(1856) ; id. Beis. La-Plata St. ii. p. 478 (1861) ; Reinh. Vid. Medd. Nat. Eor. 



Kjobenk. 1870, p. 251 ; Pelz. Om. Bras. pp. 18, 402 (1871) ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 14 (1873). 

 Atticora fucata, Baird, Beview Amer. B. p. 308 (1865) ; Gray, Haud-1. B. ii. p. 72, 



no. 858 (1869) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds in Brit, Mus. x. p. 188 (1885) ; Salvin, Ibis, 



1885, p. 206 ; Berl. & Ihering, Zeitsch. ges. Om. ii. p. 117 (1885) ; Scl. & Hudson, 



Argent. Om. i. p. 35 (1888). 



A. subtus alba : gutture et pnepectore cervinis : pileo cervino-rufo. 

 Hub. in America nieridionali. 



Adult. General colour above brown, the rump and upper tail-coverts obscurely edged vrith dull whity 

 brown; wing-coverts like the back, the inner greater coverts edged with whity brown near their 

 ends; bastard-wing, primary- coverts, and quills blackish brown, the innermost secondaries with 

 whity-brown edges ; tail-feathers dark brown ; crown of head deep tawny rufous, becoming 

 clearer on the hinder crown and nape ; the ear-coverts and sides of neck tawny rufous, extending 

 round the hind neck ; cheeks, throat, and breast pale tawny ; sides of body brown, slightly washed 

 with rufous ; centre of breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; thighs brown ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries smoky brown, slightly washed with rufous ; quills ashy brown below. 

 Total length 4'6 inches, culmen 0'25, wing 4*15, tail 2, tarsus 0'45. 



The sexes are alike in colour and there is not much seasonal variation in plumage. The 

 following are the measurements of the series of specimens in the British Museum : — 



Total length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



a. £ ad. Koraima [Wliitely) 4-0 39 17 035 



b. ? ad. „ „ 4-2 37 1*6 0'4 



c. S ad. „ „ 4-3 3-8 1-65 04 



d. ? ad. „ „ 4-2 3-9 17 0'4 



e. (J ad. Ypanema (Natterer) 4 - 3 44 T7 - 4 



/. ? ad. „ „ 4-3 4-0 175 Ol 



g. Ad. Pampas Argentinas (Leybold), 4 - 5 3'95 2 - - 45 



h. (J ad. Mendoza (Weisshaupt) 47 375 16 - 45 



i. S ad. Cosquin {White) 4'6 4-0 IS 0-4 



