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FULVOUS SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo fulva.) 



Hi. nigra ct^riileo-nitens, suhtus albicans, gula Jlava,fronte, uro- 

 pygioque rufo-Jerrugineis. 



Black Swallow, with a gloss of blue; beneath whitish; throat yel- 

 low; forehead and rump reddish brown. 



Hirundo fulva. VieiL Ois, de VAmer. Sept. 1. 62. 



L'Hirondelle fauve. Vieil. Ois, de VAmer. Sept. 1. 62. pi 32. 



Described by Mons. Vieillot in his splendid 

 v/ork on the North American birds : it has the 

 upper parts of the body of a shining blue black : 

 the forehead and rump are reddish brown : the 

 upper part of the neck, and the sides of the body, 

 are red : the quills and tail are dark brown, with 

 all their feathers margined with whitish grey: the 

 throat is yellow : the breast greyish brown : the 

 middle of the belly, and under tail-coverts, are of a 

 dingy white: the feet and beak are black: the bird 

 is five inches in length. In some individuals the 

 whole of the under parts of the body are yellow. 

 It is an inhabitant of the southern parts of North 

 America. 



RUFOUS-EUMPED SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo platensis.) 



Hi. fuscomtiigricans viridi nitens suhtus albida, uropygio crissoque 

 rujis. 



