310 SWALLOW. 



A. — Length to the end of the tail five inches. Bill black ; fore- 

 head rufous brown ; top of the head, neck, and back, glossy steel 

 blue ; wings and tail brown ; the last hollowed a trifle in the middle, 

 and the wings exceed it in length by about half an inch ; rump and 

 upper tail coverts dusky white; all the under parts the same, marked 

 obsoletely with numerous fine brownish streaks, approaching to 

 white on the lower belly and vent. 



In Mr. Bullock's collection. 



39— SENEGAL SWALLOW. 



Hirundo Senegalensis, Ind. Orn.'n. 574. Lin. i. 345. Bris. ii. 496. t. 45. 1. Id. 



8vo. i. 296. Gm. Lin. i. 1021. . 

 La grande Hirondelle a ventre roux, Buf. vi. 610. PL enl. 310. 

 Senegal Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 567. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 93. 



THIS is a large Species, and eight inches and a half in length ; 

 breadth fifteen inches and a quarter. Bill dusky ; top of the head, 

 neck behind, back, and wings, glossy steel black ; quills and tail 

 black, the last greatly forked; rump and all beneath the body 

 rufous, very pale, nearly approaching to white on the chin, and 

 under wing coverts. 



Inhabits Senegal, but how far met with northward is not fully 

 known. I learn, however, that it has been seen at Gibraltar; but 

 this was looked upon as a remarkable circumstance. 



40— BLACK SWALLOW. 



Hirundo nigra, Ind. Orn.'n. 577. Gm. Lin. i. 1025. Vieill. Am.\. p. 64. 



apos Dominicensis, Bris. ii. 514. t. 46. 3. Id. Svo. i. 301. 



Le petit Martinet noir, Buf. vi. 608. Mem. Sur. Cay. ii. 276. 

 Black Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 572. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 98. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill half an inch long; plumage of the 

 bird wholly black ; tail forked ; the wings exceed it in length by 

 nearly one inch and a half. 



