SWALLOW. 289 



1 1 .—BROWN-COLLARED S WALLOW. 



Hirundo torquata, Ind. Orn. ii. 579. G?n. Lin. i. 1022. 

 Hirondelle brune et blanche a ceinture brune, Buf. vi. 680. 

 Hirondelle brune a Collier du Cap de B. Esp. PI. enl. 723. 1. 

 Brown-collared Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 577. Share's Zool. x. 124. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill pretty strong; plumage on the 

 upper parts of the body brown, on the under white, except a brown 

 band across the breast ; thighs brown ; also there is a small spot of 

 white between the bill and eye ; tail even at the end. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



A. — A Variety of this, from India, had the bill and legs pale 

 dusky blue ; general colour of the plumage above, and to the breast 

 beneath, deep bluish ash ; tail even at the end, the wings exceed it 

 in length by about half an inch : the name is Taulchuckah ; known 

 among the English by the name of Swallow Swift. 



12— DAUURIAN SWALLOW. 



Hirundo Dauurica, Ind. Orn. ii. 576. Lin. Mant. 1771. 528. Act. Holm. 1769. 



Gm. Lin. i. 1024. 

 Hirundo alpestris, Pall. It. ii. 709. 

 Dauurian Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 570. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 96. 



LARGER than the House Swallow ; length five inches and a 

 half. The bill somewhat broader, and dusky ; crown of the head 

 black; sides of head and nape ferruginous, forming a triangular 

 patch ; base of the wings, and between them, also the tail coverts, 

 steel black ; lower part of the back and rump pale ferruginous ; 

 bend of the wing mottled with the same ; all beneath from the chin 

 dirty white, with a minute line of black down the shaft of each 

 feather; tail glossy black, very forked; the middle feathers one inch 



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