SWALLOW. 307 



32— SHARP-TAILED SWALLOW. 



Hirundo acuta, Tncl. Orn. ii. 581, Gm. Lin.'i. 1023. 



Martinicana, Bris. ii. 499. t. 45. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 297. 



Hirondelle noire acutipenne de la Martinique, Buf. vi. 702. PL enl. 544. 1. 

 Sharp-tailed Swallow, Gen.Syn.'w. 584. Shaw's Zool. x. 131. pi. 15. 



SIZE of a Wren ; length three inches and eight lines. Bill and 

 legs brown ; plumage above black ; throat brownish grey ; the rest 

 of the under parts dull brown ; the ends of the tail feathers pointed, 

 as in the other species. Some birds are reddish brown beneath, but 

 whether such differ in sex, is unknown. 



Inhabits Martinico, and is one of the smallest of the Genus. 



33. -SIBERIAN SWALLOW. 



SIZE not mentioned; general colour of the plumage black; 

 chin and throat ash-colour, under tail coverts marked with yellowish 

 spots; tail feathers running to a point, like a needle, at the ends. 



Inhabits Siberia. — Steller observed this about Irkutsch, breeding 

 in the steep rocks, but never was able to procure a specimen ; and 

 therefore could not affirm it to be a distinct species. 



34— NEEDLE-TAILED SWALLOW. 



Hirundo caudacuta, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. Ivii. 



Needle-tailed Swallow, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 259. 3. Shaw's Zool. x. 132. 



THIS is nearly twice the size of the Aculeated Species. Bill 



broad and flat; plumage in general dusky, glossed with green on the 



wings and tail ; inner wing coverts mixed with white; forehead white; 



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