RUFOUS-HEADED SWALLOW. 127 



Dusky-brown Swallow, tinged with green, beneath whitish, with 



the rump and vent rufous. 

 Hirondo americana. GmeL Syst, Nat.\, 1017 —Lath. Ind. Orn, 



2. 581. 29. 



L'Hirondelle ^ croupion et queue quarree. Buff, Hist, Nat, 

 Ois. G. 098. 



Rufous-rumped Swallow. Lath Gen, Syn. 4. 582. 31. 



In length six inches and a half: throat some- 

 times rufous: upper parts of the body dusky- 

 brown, with a slight tinge of blue and green : 

 quills white on their inner margins : under parts 

 of the body dirty white : rump and vent rufous, 

 variegated with white : tail not forked. Inhabits 

 the borders of the river Plate, in South America. 



RUFOUS-HEADED SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo indica.) 



'H.i,Jiisca^ pileo^rufo, corpore subtus albido. 



Brown Swallow, with the top of tlie head rufous, and under 



pai-ts^of the body whitish. 

 Hirundo indica. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 1025. — Lath. Ind, Orn. 



2. 577' 16. 



Rufous-headed Swallow. Lath, Gen. Syn, 4. 57 1. I6. f, 56. 



Described and figured by Dr. Latham as below. 



Length four inches : beak dusky brown : the 

 whole top of the head, even with the eyes, rufous, 

 inclining to brown : the upper parts of the neck, 

 wings, body, and tail, brown ; the last forked in 

 shape : the under parts dusky white : some of the 



