650 AVES. 



Yarkand, p. 176, 1873; Heugl., Om. N. O. Afr., p. 150, 1873; Gould, B. Brit., ii, pi. v, 

 1873; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 72, 1873; id.. Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 154; 

 Ball, t. c, p. 383; Stoliczka, t. c, p. 464; Hume, . c, p. 469; id.. Stray Feathers, 1875, 

 p. 41; Irby, B. Gibr., p. 103, 1875; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, 

 extra No., p. 126, 1875 ; Dresser, B. Eur., pt. xxxvii, 1875 ; Blanford, East. Pers. Zoo., vol. ii, 

 p. 215, 1876; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 39, 1877, p. 17; Scully, t. c, p. 131 ; Fairbank, 

 t.c,,^. 254; Armstrong,?;, c, p. 303; Schalow, Journ. fiir Ornith., 1876, p. 176; Dresser, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 188. 



Cecropis rustica, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971 ; Brehm, Naum., 1855, p. 271. 



Cecropis pagorim, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl., p. 138, 1831. 



a. Shienpayah, 15th January 1868. 

 b. c. Bhamo, 2nd June 1868. 

 d. t Momien, 24th January 1868. 



149. HiRUNDO FILIFERA, Steph. 



Himndo filifem, ^i&^h., Gen. Zool., vol. xiii, p. 78, 1826; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 58, 1845; 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, Bengal, p. 197, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 338, 1850 ; 

 Cab., M. H., Bd. i, p. 46, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 93, 

 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 159, 1862; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 320; Gould, B. Asia, 

 pt. xviii, 1866; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, p. 17, 1868; King, t. c, 

 p. 214; Heugl., Orn. N. O. A£r., p. 155, 1869; Sharpe, Proc Zool. Soc, 1870, p. 312 ; 

 Finsch. & Hartl., Vog. Ostafr., p. 141, 1870; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 

 vol. xliv, 1875, p. 127 ; Aitken, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 212 ; Butler & Hume, op. cit, 1876, 

 p. 451 ; W. Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 466. 



Eimndo smithi, Cr^nck, A.^^. Tuckey Exped. Zaire, p. 467, 1818; Hartl., Orn. W. Afr., p. 26, 

 1857; id., Journ. f. Orn., 1861, p. 103. 



Himndo ruficeps, Licht., Verz. Doubl., p. 68, 1823; Ferr. et Galin., Voy. Abyss. Zool., t. iii, p. 242, 

 1847; Blanf., Geol. & Zool. Abyss., p. 348, 1870. 



Himndo filicaudata,^V2ink\.,Vvoc.Zoo\.^OG., 1831, p. 115; Eiipp., Syst. Uebers., p. 22, 1845; 

 ' Heugl., Syst. Uebers., p. 14, 1856; Autin., Cat. Ucc, p. 26, 1865. 



Cecropis filicauda, Brehm, Journ. f. Orn., 1853, p. 452. 



Hirundo filicauda, Miill., Journ. £. Orn., 1855, p. 5. 



Ubromitrus filifera, A. Brehm, Reis. Habesch., p. 209, 1863. 



Hirundo anchiettE, Bocage, Jorn. Lisboa., 1867, pp. 150, 331. 



Hirundo velocissima, Pz., Wiirt. MS. teste Heuglin. 



Hirundo fuscicapilla, Heugl., Orn. N. O. Afr., p. 154, 1869. 



Uromitris filifera, Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 75, 1873; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 289. 



a. Bhamo, 21st January 1868. 



As the testimony of naturalists generally tends to unite the African and Indian 

 wire-tailed Swallows, I regard them as one and the same species. Indian specimens, 

 however, are generally rather larger and have finer and longer tails. 



150. Hirundo erythropygia, Sykes. 



Hirundo erythropygia, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 83; Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 237, 

 1840 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 337 ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 17; 

 King, t. c, p. 214; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 69,1869; Cock. & Marsh., Stray Feathers, 



