WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW. 



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cording to the position with respect to the light : 

 greater coverts and secondary quills variegated 

 with white: greater quills and tail brown, with 

 green and blue reflections : rump and under parts 

 of the body white : legs pale : tail a quarter of an 

 inch shorter than the wings, and slightly forked: 

 female ? with the upper parts of the body dull 

 brown, and the under white, with oblong brown 

 spots ; in other respects similar to the above. 

 Abundant amongst the savannahs of Guiana, and, 

 like the rest of the Swallows, is fond of settling on 

 dry, leafless branches of trees. 



WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo fasciata.) 



Hi. nigra,Jascia abdominis maculaque femorum albis. 

 Black Swallow, with a band on the abdomen, and spot on the 

 thighs, white. 



Hirundo fasciata. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 1022. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 575. 8. 



L'Hirondelle ^ ceinture blanche. Bjif. Hist. Rat. Ois. (5. 

 Hirondelle de Cayenne k bande blanche. Buffi PL Enl, 724. 



White-bellied Swallow. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 4. 567. 8. 



This species is very fond of flying about rivers 

 and ponds at Cayenne and Guiana : it is six inches 

 in length : its beak is black : the whole bird, with 

 the exception of a white fascia on the abdomen, 

 and spot on the outer part of the thighs^ black : 

 tail forked. 



