SWALLOW. 301 



feathers plain black, the others the same, marked with a white spot 

 on each feather; the wings longer than the tail ; legs black. 

 Inhabits Java, and makes a nest in the earth. 



23— PANAYAN SWALLOW. 



Hi r undo Payana, Ind. Om. ii. 574. Gm. Lin. i. 1018. 

 Hirondelle a Gorge couleur de Rouille, Bvf. vi. 607. 



d'Antigue, Son. Voy. 118. pi. 76. 



Panayan Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 565. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 95. 



SIZE of the Sand Martin. Bill black ; on the forehead a rusty 

 yellow spot ; throat the same, bordered with a narrow black collar ; 

 head, neck, and back, velvet black ; lesser wing coverts changeable 

 violet black, the greater ones and quills deep black ; tail the same, 

 and forked ; wings, and tail, even in length ; all the under parts of 

 the body from the throat white ; legs black. 



Inhabits Antigue, in the Island of Panay, one of the Philippines. 



24— RUFOUS-FRONTED SWALLOW. 



Hirondelle a front roux, Levail. Afr. v. 154. pi. 245. f. 2. 



SIZE of the Cape Species. General colour of the plumage 

 black, with a gloss of blue, except from the breast to the vent, which 

 is white; on the forehead, just over the bill, a rufous spot; bill and 

 legs black ; irides brown ; tail very forked, as in the Cape Swallow. 



M. Levaillant found this about the Cape of Good Hope, in the 

 rainy season, but never at the time of incubation ; and is inclined 

 to think that it builds elsewhere, most likely near the Equinoctial 

 Line ; when they arrive at the Cape, they have their young with 

 them — a proof of their having bred elsewhere ; and he thinks it not 

 impossible, that M. Adanson had taken them for our Chimney 

 Swallows: some of this kind were also met with, having a rufous vent. 



