HIRTTNDINEA. 



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Genus HIRUNDINEA d'Orb. et Lafr. 



p. 46, Mag. de Zool. 1837 



Sirundinea d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av. i 

 Type H. hellicosa (Vieill.). 



Fig. 87. — To show the formation of the wing. 



This genus is distinguished by its long and more or less swallow- 

 like wings. The bill is flat and wide, the width at the base being 

 about three-fourths the length o£ the exposed culmen. The wing 

 is rather pointed, the second and third primaries longest and sub- 

 equal, and the first primary shorter than the third but longer than 

 the fourth. The tail is square at the tip and about two-thirds the 

 length of the wing. The tarsus is short, being only about equal 

 in length to the middle toe and claw. Coloration : male and 

 female alike. 



489. Hirundinea ferruginea. 



C'ayenne Swallow Flycatcher. 



Todus ferrugineus Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 446, 1788 (Cayenne). 

 Hiriuidinea ferrufjiiiea Sclater, Ibis, 1869, pi. v. tig. 2 ; Salvin, Ibis, 



1885, p. 297 ( Roraima, 50U0 ft.) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. 



p. 19o, 1888 (Twek-quay Mt.j ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Aiiier. 



i. p. 295, no. 3012, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour of the upper parts including the head, 

 back, tail, and outer aspect of the wings dark smoke-brown ; inner 

 and basal portions of the flight-quills rufous-chestnut ; loral streak, 

 fore part of cheeks, and throat greyish wliite barred with brown ; 

 remainder of the under surface deep chestnut but much paler on 

 the axillaries, under wing-coverts, and quill-lining ; lower aspect 

 of tail and tips of quills below dark brown. 



Total length 172 mm., exposed culnicn l.'Jj wing 113, tail 73, 

 tar.su.s lb. 



