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SWALLOW. 



GENUS LII— SWALLOW. 



* Three Toes forward, and 



23 Panayan 



One backward. 



24 Rufous-fronted 



1 Chimney Swallow 



25 Fulvous 



Var. A. 



26 Blue 



Var. B. 



27 Otaheite 



2 Barn 



28 Grey-rumped 



3 Martin 



29 Coromandel 



4 Sand Martin 



30 Collared 



5 Brunette 



31 Aeuleated 



6 Indian Martin 



32 Sharp-tailed 



7 Dusky 



33 Siberian 



8 Ambergris 



34 Needle-tailed 



9 Red-headed 



35 New-Holland 



10 Rufous-headed 



36 Pin-tailed 



11 Brown-crowned 



37 Wire-tailed 



Var. A. 



38 Dun-rumped 



12 Dauurian 



Var. A. 



39 Senegal 



40 Black 



41 St. Domingo 



13 Aoonalashka 



14 Crag 



15 Linchi 



16 Klecho 



17 Edible 



42 White-bellied 



18 Esculent 



43 Quebec 



19 Wheat 



44 Peruvian 



20 Crested 



45 Pied 



21 Cape 



46 Ash-bellied 



22 Javan 



47 Brazilian 



48 Supercilious 



49 White-winged 



Var. A. 



50 Purple 



51 Chalybeate 



52 Severn 



53 Rufous-rumped 

 Var. A. 



54 Rufous-necked 



55 Rufous-bellied 

 Var. A. 



** All the four Toes placed 

 forward. 



56 Common Swift 



57 Indian 



58 White-bellied 



59 Chinese 



60 White-collared 



61 White-backed 



62 White-throated 



63 White-rumped 



64 Nimble 



65 Murine 



* * * Toes divided, Two be- 

 fore, and Two behind. 



66 Balassian 



JljIRDS of this Genus have a short bill, small at the point, and a 

 little bending; nostrils open. 



Tongue short, broad, and in most species cloven. 



Tail in general more or less forked. Wings long. 



Legs short ; feet furnished with four toes ; for the most part placed 

 three before and one behind, the division of the Swifts excepted, in 

 which all the four toes are placed forward ; and a single species, in 

 which the toes are divided two before, and two behind. 



