SWALLOW. 293 



16.— KLECHO SWALLOW. 



Hirundo Klecho, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 143.— Horsfield. 



THIS is eight inches and a half long. Plumage greenish black, 

 quills and tail more obscure, lower part of the back grey ; under 

 part of the body ash-colour. In young birds the belly is whitish, 

 and the wing coverts are banded with white at their extremities ; the 

 feathers covering the back, and the quill feathers are tipped with 

 brownish grey. 



Inhabits Java, and there called Samber-galeng. 



17— EDIBLE SWALLOW. 



Hirundo esculenta, Ind. Orn. ii. 5S0. Lin.\. 343. Gm, Lin. i. 1016. Borowsk. hi. 



156. Osb. Voy. ii. 330. Gerin. iv. t. 411. 2 ? 

 Apus marina, Rurnph. Herb. vi. 183. t. 75. 4. Olear. Mus. xxv. 1. 14. f. 5. 6. 

 Hirundo riparia Cochinsinensis, Bris. ii. 510. t. 46. 2. A. — bird and nest. Id. 8vo. i. 



300. Kcemph. Amcen. 833. 

 Hirundo Sinensis nido eduli, Rail, 72. 6. Will. 157. Klein, 84. 7. 

 Hirundo maritima, Phil. Trans, xxiii. p. 1396. 36. 

 La Salangane, Buf. vi. 682. Voy. de Siam. i. p. 278. 279. 

 Esculent Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 578. Will. Engl. 215. Forrest. Voy. 28. 



THIS is said to be less than a Wren ; length two inches and a 

 half. Bill black ; irides yellow ; upper parts of the body brown, 

 the under whitish ; tail forked, each feather tipped with white ; legs 

 brown ; the wings reach about one-third on the tail. 



The above description is that of Brisson, who was indebted to 

 M. Poivre, who furnished him with a drawing of the bird and 

 nest ; probably however, of too small a size, for the reasons which 

 will be hereafter given. The history of the nest is curious, being 

 composed of such materials as not only to be edible, but accounted 

 one of the greatest dainties of the Asiatic Epicures : it weighs about 



