10 AVES. 



with a Bee-eater, and after some days of peace, a quarrel 

 happened, and the young Swift was killed. 



Macropterj'x comatus. 



Cypselus coraatus. 



Martinet coiffee (Temm. PI. Col. pi. 208). 



Body above and below, bronzed olive green, excepting the lower 

 tail-covers which are white. 



Head, dark steel-blue ; a patch of deep rufous feathers covers the 

 ears ; the feathers over the eyes are long, forming a horn-like crest, 

 arching back over each eye ; the outer edges of these feathers are 

 white, so as to give the crest the appearance of a white eyebrow; a 

 long strip of white feathers also springs on each side of the beak 

 from below the gape, and extends to the hind head ; parallel to this 

 again, and lower down on each side of the throat, is a smaller and 

 shorter stripe of white. 



Wings, dark steel-blue, inner webs and lower sides of the quills 

 dusky ; some of the feathers of the greater covers are tipped with 

 white, so as to form a white patch. 



Tail, steel-blue above, dusky brown below. 

 Total length, 65 inches. 

 Length of bill from gape, 7^ lines. 

 ,, of bill from front, 2^ lines. 

 „ of wings, 5 inches. 

 ., of tail, .3 inches. 

 ,, of tarsus, 2 lines, 

 „ of middle toe, 4^ lines. 



Not uncommon ; they perch frequently on branches, and 

 breed in hollow trees in the jungle. 



Sub-fam. Hirundininae. 

 Gen. Hirundo. 



Hirundo Pacifica. 



„ Javanica (Vig. and Hors£). 

 Hirondelle Orientale (Temm. PL Col.). 



General colour above, steel-black, the feathers on the back being 

 white at their base ; a ferruginous stripe extends on either side 

 from the nostril to the eye. 



Below, body and tail-covers white, chin and throat ferruginous, 

 passing into a rufous brown towards the lower throat. 



Wings, dusky black ; covers steel-black. 



Tail forked, extending to the end of the wings, dusky black, the 

 four outer feathers on each side having a white spot on the inner 

 web at the distance of about a third of the length of the whole 

 feather from the tip. 



