SWALLOW. 287 



6— INDIAN MARTIN SWALLOW. 



LENGTH three inches and three quarters. Bill black ; just over 

 the bill, all beneath, and rump, dusky white; the rest of the bird 

 mouse-colour; quills darker, and exceed the tail by full three quar- 

 ters of an inch ; the latter is even at the end, but the outer feathers 

 are a very trifle shorter than the others ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits India. — General Hardwicke. At first sight it appears 

 to be the Bank Martin, but it is much smaller; the want of the bar 

 across the breast, the tail not being forked, and the wings so much 

 exceeding it in length, prove it to be distinct. One, seemingly the 

 same, in Sir J. Anstruther's drawings, was named Chamgoodari ; 

 another, Taal Chuchah. 



7.— DUSKY SWALLOW. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill and legs brown ; the whole plumage 

 dusky black, somewhat like the colour of the Swift, with a gloss of 

 green; tail forked, two inches or more long; the wings very little 

 longer than the tail. 



Inhabits Africa. — In the collection of Mr. Bullock. 



8.— AMBERGRIS SWALLOW. 



Hirundo ambrosiaea, Ind. Orn. ii. 575. Gm. Lin. i. 1021. 



■ riparia Senegalensis, Bris.'n. 508. t.45. 4. Id. 8vo. i. 300. 



marina indigena, Seba,\. 102. t. (56. 4. Klein, 82. 4. 



L'Hirondelle ambree, Buf. vi. 612. 



Ambergris Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 568. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 100. 



SIZE of a Wren ; length five inches and a half. Bill half an 

 inch, blackish ; the whole plumage grey brown, deepest on the head 

 and quills; tail very forked; legs brown. 



Inhabits Senegal ; is said to smell very strong of ambergris. 



