HIRUNDINEA. 



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Genus HIRUNDINEA d'Orb. et Lafr. 



Sirundinea d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 46, Mag. de Zool. 1837 

 Type H. hellicosa (Vieill.). 



rig. 87.— To show the fonnation 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 tbree-fourths the length of 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 ferruglnea. 



• Cayenne Swallow Flycatcher. 



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

 Hirundinea ferruginea Sclater, Ibis, 1869, pi. v. fig. 2 ; Salvin, Ibis, 



1885, p. 297 (Eoraima, 5000 ft.) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. 



p. 195, 1888 (Twek-quay Mt.) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. 



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 white 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 culmen 15, wing 113, tail 7.3, 

 tarsus 18. 



