288 SWALLOW. 



A.— Hirundo cinerascens, &c. Ind. Orn.'u. 575. 9. /3. 

 Ambergris Swallow, Gen. Syn. Sup. 193. 



Length five inches. General colour of the plumage above not 

 unlike that of the Sand Martin ; beneath cinereous white ; tail long, 

 and greatly forked. 



Supposed to inhabit China, and is most likely a Variety, if not 

 different in sex, from the Ambergris Swallow. - Sir Jos. Banks. 



9— RED-HEADED SWALLOW. 



Hirundo erythrocephala, Ind. Orn. ii. 577. Gm. Lin. i. 1024. 



Red-headed Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 571. View of Hindoost. ii. p. 268. Shaw's Zool. 

 x. p. 128. 



THIS is said to be the size of a small Humming Bird. The bill 

 short, flat, dusky ; head red ; back dusky, the feathers edged with 

 white ; under parts of the body white ; tail coverts pale brown ; tail 

 itself a trifle forked ; that and the wings both dusky. 



Inhabits India. 



10— RUFOUS-HEADED SWALLOW.— Pl. cxi. 



Hirundo Indica, Ind. Orn. ii. 577. Gm. Lin. i. 1025. 



Rufous-headed Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 571. pl.56. Shaw's Zool. x. 127. pl. 14. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill dusky brown; the whole top of the 

 head, even with the eyes, rufous, inclining to brown ; upper paits 

 brown; quills and tail dusky brown, the last forked; under parts 

 dusky white; the greater wing coverts edged with white; the quills 

 exceed the tail in length ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits the East Indies ; from the drawings of the late Mr. G. 

 Edwards, in my possession. This seems much related to the last, 

 but is clearly a larger bird. 



