660 AVES. 



Yarkand, p. 176, 1873; Heugl., Om. N. O. Afr., p. 150, 1873; Gould, B. Brit., ii, pi. v, 

 1873; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 72, 1873; id., Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 154; 

 Ball, t. c, p. 383; Stoliczka, t. c, p. 464; Hume, . c, p. 469; id.. Stray Feathers, 1875, 

 p. 41; Irby, B. Gibr., p. 103, 1875; Blyth & Walden, Joum. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, 

 extra No., p. 126, 1875 ; Dresser, B. Eur., pt. xxxvii, 1875 ; Blanford, East. Pers. Zoo., vol. ii, 

 p. 215, 1876; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 39, 1877, p. 17 ; Scully, t. c, p. 131 ; Fairbank, 

 <. c, p. 254; Armstrong,^, c, p. 303; Schalow, Joum. fiir Ornith., 1876, p. 176; Dresser, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 188. 



Cecropis rusiiea, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971 ; Brehm, Naum., 1855, p. 271. 



Cecro2)is pagorum, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl., p. 138, 1831. 



a. Shienpayah, 15th January 1868. 

 b. c. Bhamo, 2nd June 1868. 

 d. t Momien, 24th January 1868. 



149. HiETJNDO FILIFERA, Steph. 



Hirundo fli/era, Ste^h., Gen. Zool., vol. xiii, p. 78, 1826; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 58, 1845; 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, Bengal, p. 197, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 338, 1850 ; 

 Cab., M. H., Bd. i, p. 46, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 93, 

 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 159, 1862; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 320; Gould, B. Asia, 

 pt. xviii, 1866; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, p. 17, 1868; King, t. c, 

 p. 214; Heugl., Orn. N. O. Afr., p. 155, 1869; Sharpe, Proc Zool. Soc, 1870, p. 312 ; 

 Finsch. & Hartl., Vog. Ostafr., p. 141, 1870; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 

 vol. xliv, 1875, p. 127 ; Aitken, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 212 ; Butler & Hume, op. cit, 1876, 

 p. 451 ; W. Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 466. 



Rirunio smithi, Q^xaok, h-Y^. Tuckey Exped. Zaire, p. 467, 1818; Hartl., Orn. W. Afr., p. 26, 

 1857; id., Journ. f. Orn., 1861, p. 103. 



Einndo ruficeps, Licht., Verz. Doubl., p. 68, 1823; Ferr. et Galin., Voy. Abyss. Zool., t. iii, p. 242, 

 1847; Blanf., Geol. & Zool. Abyss., p. 348, 1870. 



Hirundo Jilicawdata, 'Fvajokl., 7100. Zool. Soc, 1831, p. 115; Eiipp., Syst. Uebers., p. 22, 1845; 

 Heugl., Syst. Uebers., p. 14, 1856; Autin., Cat. Ucc, p. 26, 1865. 



Cecropis filicauAa, Brehm, Joum. f. Orn., 1853, p. 452. 



Himndo filicauda, Miill., Joum. f. Orn., 1855, p. 5. 



TJbromitrus filifera, A. Brehm, Reis. Habesch., p. 209, 1863. 



Hirundo anchietce, Bocage, Jorn. Lisboa., 1867, pp. 150, 331. 



Hirundo velocissima, Pz., Wiirt. MS. teste Heuglin. 



Eirundo fmcicapilla, Heugl., Orn. N. O. Afr., p. 154, 1869. 



Uromitris filifera, Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 75, 1873; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 289. 



a. Bham6, 21st January 1868. 



As the testimony of naturalists generally tends to unite the African and Indian 

 wire-tailed Swallows, I regard them as one and the same species. Indian specimens, 

 however, are generally rather larger and have finer and longer tails. 



150. Hirundo erythroptgia, Sykes. 



Eirundo erythropygia, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 83; Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 237, 

 1840 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 337 ; Stoliczka, Joum. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 17; 

 King, t. c, p. 214; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 69,1869; Cock. & Marsh., Stray Feathers, 



