HIRUNDO. 



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Genus HIRUNDO Linn. 

 Rirundo Linn. Sjst. Nat. i. p. 191, 1758. Type- S. rustica Linn. 



Fig. 130.— To show the long outer tail-feathers. 



This genua is distinguished chiefly hy the long outer tail- 

 feathers, which are incised more or less, on the inner webs. 

 Coloration : male and female similar. 



556. Hirundo erythrogaster. 

 Barn Swallow. 



Jliruiulo erj/fhrogafiter Bodd. Tal)l. PI. Kid. ]). 4.5, 1783 (Cayenne); 

 Salviu, Ibis, "1885, p. 205 ( Bartica (Jrove, Korainia, 3500 ft.); 

 Sliarpe. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. pp. 137, (Ja^, 18S5 (Koniinia); 

 Qindch. Tiniehri (2) x. p. 2(52, 18!)G ( nugration) ; Beebe, Our 

 Search for a Wilderness, pp. 217, 370, 1910 (Aremu River, Abary 

 Savannas) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 327, no. 3331, 

 1912. 



" Rod-brea.sted " or " Barn Swallow " (Qnelch). 



All lilt female. Goneral colour of the upper surface glossy steel- 

 blue with purplisii reflections, including the head, back, upper 



