PKRUVIAN SWALLOW. 



BRASILIAN SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo tapera.) 



Hi. corpore Jusco, suhtus griseo-fusco, abdomine tectricibiisquc 



caudce inferioribus albis. 

 Swallow with a brown body, the under parts grey brown, with 



the under tail-coverts and abdomen white. 

 Hirundo tapera. Lin, Syst. Nat. 1. 345. 9. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



1022. — Lath, Lid. Orn. 2. 579. 23. 

 Hirundo americana. Briss. Orn. 2. 502. 10, t. A5.f. 2. 

 La Tapere. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 678. 

 Brasilian Swallow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 576. 25. 



Inhabits Brazil, Cayenne, and Jamaica : length 

 near six inches : beak black : upper parts of the 

 plumage brown : quills and tail dusky brown : 

 throat, under parts of the neck, breast, sides, and 

 thighs, grey brown : abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts, white. 



PERUVIAN swallow. 

 ( Hirundo peruviana. ) 



Hi. nigra suhtus alba, fascia abdominali cinerascente, alis caudaque 

 pallide griseis. 



Black Swallow, beneath white, with an ash-coloured band on the 



abdomen ; wings and tail pale grey. 

 Hirundo peruviana. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 1025.— Lath, Lnd, Orn, 



2. 577. 19. 



Hirundo peruviana major. Briss, 2. 498. 7, 



Le Martinet noir et blanc a ceinture grise. Buff, Hist, Nat. 



Ois, a. 670. 



Peruvian Swallow. Lath^Gen, Syn. 4. 573. 19. 



