HIRUNDO. 



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Genus HIRUNDO Linn. 

 Hirundo Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 191, 1758. Type S. rustiea Linn. 



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



This genus is distinguished chieiiy by the long outer tail- 

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

 Coloration : male and female similar. 



556. Hirundo erythrogaster. 



Babn Swallow. 



Hirundo' erytlirog aster Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 45, 1783 (Cayenne); 

 Sal vin, ibis, 1885, p. 205 (Bartica Grove, Eoraima, 3500 ft.); 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. pp. 137, 632, 1885 (Eoraima); 

 Quelch, Timehri (2) x. p. 262, 1596 (migration) ; Beebe, Our 

 Search for a Wilderness, pp. 247, 379, 1910 (Aremu Eiver, Abary 

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

 1912. 



"Red-breasted" or " Barn Swallow " {Quelch). 



Adult female. General colour of the upper surface glossy steel- 

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



