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ACULEATED SWALLOW. 



wing-coverts edged with white : the quills exceed 

 the tail in length: legs dusky. Inhabits the East 

 Indies." 



RED-HEADED SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo erythrocephala.) 



Hi. nigricans supra albo marginata siibius alba, capite rubro, alis 

 caiidaquefuscis. 



Dusky Swallow, with the feathers above margined with white; 

 the under parts of the body white ; head red ; wings and tail 

 fuscous. 



Hirundo erythrocephala. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 1024. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 577. 14. 

 Red-headed Swallow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 571. 14. 



Said to inhabit India : is one of the smallest of 

 the genus : the beak is flat, and dusky : the head 

 red: back dusky, with all the feathers fringed 

 with white : tail-coverts pale brown : wings and 

 tail dusky, the latter slightly forked: under parts 

 of the body white. 



ACULEATED SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo pelasgia.) 



Hi. supra nigricans^ subtus griseo-brunnea, rectricibus cequalibus 



apice nudo subulatis. 

 Swallow above dusky^ beneath grey brown, with the tail-feathers 



equal, and their tips naked, and armed with an awl-shaped 



point. 



