SWALLOW. 313 



45.— PIED SWALLOW. 



Hirundo melanoleucus, Maxim. Tr. i. p. 303. 



LENGTH five inches four lines and a half. Upper part of the 

 body black ; lower part white ; a black transverse stripe under the 

 throat ; tail forked. 



Inhabits Brazil, not before described. 



46— ASH-BELLIED SWALLOW. 



Hirundo cinerea, Lid. Orn. ii. 578. Gm. Lin. i. 1026. 



Peruviana, Bris. ii. 498. Ld. 8vo. i. 297. 



Le petite Hirondelle noire & ventre cendre, Buf. vi. 673. 

 Ash-bellied Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 573. Shaw's Zool. x. 116. 



SMALLER than the Chimney Swallow. Bill short; eyes black, 

 surrounded with a brown circle ; upper parts of the plumage glossy 

 black; all beneath ash-colour; quills and tail dark ash-colour, 

 edged with yellowish grey. 



Inhabits Peru. Also met with at Otaheite, by Dr. Forster. 



47.— BRAZILIAN SWALLOW. 



Hirundo tapera, Ind. Orn. ii. 579. Lin. i. 345. Gm. Lin. i. 1022. Rati, 72. 5. Id. 



185. 32. Will. 157. Sloan. Jam. 312. 

 Hirundo Americana, Bris. ii. 502. t. 45. 3. Id. Svo. i. 298. Klein, 83. iv. 1. 

 La Tapere, Buf. vi. 678. 

 Brazilian Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 576. Shaw's Zool. x. 122. 



LENGTH five inches and three quarters. Bill eight lines long, 

 black ; upper part of the plumage brown ; throat, fore part of the 

 neck, breast, sides, and thighs, greyish brown ; belly and under tail 

 coverts white; quills blackish brown ; tail the same, scarcely forked; 

 legs brown. 



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