SWALLOW. 311 



Inhabits St. Domingo and Cayenne, but is not numerous ; is often 

 seen to perch on dead trees, and only in dry savannas inland. It 

 scoops out a hole in the earth, half a foot in length, the mouth of it 

 very small for entrance : in this cavity it constructs the nest, and. 

 rears the young. In one specimen was a narrow white band on the 

 forehead. 



A.— Martinet de la Louisiane, PI. enl. 726. 1. Btif. vi. p. 669. Gen. Syn. iv. 572. 

 17. — parag. 3d. 



Buffon mentions a Variety from Louisiana, of the same size, but 

 the whole plumage was of a blackish grey, without lustre ; legs not 

 feathered. 



41— ST. DOMINGO SWALLOW. 



Hirundo Dominicensis, Ind, Orn. ii. 577. Gm.Lin. i. 1025. Bris. ii. 493. Id. 8vo. i. 



295. Vieill. Am. i. p. 59. pi. 28. 29. 

 Hirundo cantu Alaudam referens, Klein, 83. 5. 

 Grand Martinet a ventre blanc, Buf. vi. 669. PL enl. 545. 1. 

 St. Domingo Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 573. Shaw's Zool. x. 123. 



SIZE of our Chimney Swallow ; length seven inches. Bill 

 brown ; the whole bird black, with a polished steel gloss, except 

 the belly and under tail coverts, which are white ; the tail very little 

 forked ; legs brown. 



Inhabits St. Domingo, and others of the West India Islands, in 

 May, June, and July. Is said to imitate the Lark in its song. 



42.— WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW. 



Hirundo fasciata, Ind. Orn. ii. 575. Gm. Lin. i. 1022. 

 L'Hirondelle a ceinture blanche, Buf. vi. 611. PL enl. 724. 2. 

 White-bellied Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 567. Shaw's Zool. x. 121. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill half an inch long, and black ; 

 plumage in general black, except a band of white across the belly, 

 and a spot of the same on the outer part of the thighs ; tail forked. 



