SWALLOW. 299 



and bordered with greenish brown ; the rest of the upper parts of 

 this last colour ; the under parts grey, longitudinally dashed with 

 brown. — Inhabits the Isle of Bourbon. 



20— CRESTED SWALLOW. 



L'Hirondelle huppee, Levail. Afr. v. 159. pi. 247. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 94. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill and legs lead-colour; 

 irides brown; plumage in general above light silvery grey, deeper 

 on the wings and tail ; beneath the same, but considerably lighter, 

 and tending to whitish ; breast, sides, and lower belly, and under 

 tail coverts greyish white ; but the chief character is a crest on the 

 head, composed of six narrow feathers, springing from the middle 

 of the crown, and erected in manner of a Crested Lark : the tail is 

 considerably forked, the outer feather three inches and a half in 

 length, the inner about two inches and a quarter; wings long, and 

 reach to within very little of the end of the tail. 



The female differs in having the tail feathers a little shorter. 



This bird M. Levaillant mentions as a bird of passage, in the 

 parts where he found it, viz. in the Namaqua Country. 



21.— CAPE SWALLOW. 



Hirundo Capensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 574. Gm. Lin. i. 1019. Nat. Misc. pi. 685. 

 L'Hirondelle rousseline, Levail. Afr. v. 152. pi. 245. 1. — male. 



a Capuchon roux, Buf. vi. 608. PI. ml. 723. 2.— female. 



Cape Swallow, Gen. Syn.'w. 566.6. Shaw's Zool. x. 92. pi. 10. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill black : in the male the top of the 

 head is black ; hind part, lower part of the back, and rump, bright 

 rufous ; middle of the back and tail glossy blue black, as in our 

 Chimney Swallow ; beneath light rufous, rather darker towards the 



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