SWALLOW. 319 



k.—Ind. Ont.ii. 581. 29. j3. Gen. Syn. iv. 583. 



In this Variety the throat is rufous, with more white than rufous 

 on the rump, and under tail coverts ; and no white on the quills ; 

 the tail is a trifle forked. 



54— RUFOUS-NECKED SWALLOW. 



Hirundo fulva, L'Hirondelle fauve, Vieill. Am. i. p. 62. pi. 32. 

 Fulvous Swallow, Shaw's Xool. x. 126. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill and legs black ; forehead 

 and rump reddish brown ; the rest of the head and back black, 

 glossed with blue; neck rufous; throat fulvous ; breast grey brown ; 

 sides of the body rufous ; middle of the belly and under tail coverts, 

 dirty white : in some birds the under parts are wholly fulvous. 



Inhabits St. Domingo ; once seen there in May ; also met with 

 at Porto Rico in Spring. It probably goes northward to build, but, 

 according to M. Vieillot, is not seen in the United States. It seems 

 allied to the Rufous-rumped Species. 



55— RUFOUS-BELLIED SWALLOW. 



Hirundo rufa, Ind. Orn. ii. 574. G?n. Lin. i. 1018. 



L'Hirondelle a ventre roux de Ca3'enne, Buf. vi. 607. PI. enl. 724. 1. Mem. sur 



Cay. ii. 275. 

 Hirondelle a ventre jaunatre, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 306 ? 

 Rufous-bellied Swallow, Gen. Syn. iv. 566. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 88. 



LESS than our Chimney Swallow ; length five inches and a 

 half. Bill black ; forehead whitish ; upper parts of the body glossy 

 black ; the under rufous, growing paler towards the vent ; legs 

 dusky. 



