ACULEATED SWALLOW. 



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Hirundo pelasgia. Lin, Syst. Nat. 1. 345. 10. — Gmel. Syst. Nat, 

 I, 1023. — Lath, Ind, Om, 2. 581. 20. — IVils, Amer, Orn, 5. 

 48. — Vieil. Ois. del* Amer. Sept. 1. 63. 



Hirundo carolinensis. Briss. 2. 501. p. 



Hirondeile de la Caroline. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 700. 



L'Hirondelle brune acutipenne de la Louisiane. Buff. Hist. Nat. 

 Ois. 6. 6gg. 



L'Hirondelle a queue pointue de la Louisiane. B?ff. PL Enl. 

 726./. 2. 



Hirondeile acutipenne de Cayenne. Buff, Hist, Nat, Ois, 6, 



70l.^Buff, PI. Enl. 726./. 1. 

 L'Hirondelle acutipenne. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. l. 63, p. 33. 

 American Swallow. Catesb. Carol. Appen. t. 8. 

 Chimney Swallow. Wils, Amer, Orn. 5. 48, pi, Sg./. 1. 

 Aculeated Swallow. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 335. pi. 18. — Lath. Gen. 



Syn, 4. 583. ^^.—Lath. Syn, Sup. 11, 258. 2. 



Hirundo pelasgia is in length four inches and 

 a half; and is entirely of deep sooty brown^ ex- 

 cept the chin and supercilia, which are dusky 

 whitish : beak extremely short, and black : eyes 

 black, surrounded with a bare blackish skin or 

 orbit : legs covered with a loose purplish skin ; 

 thighs naked, and of the same tint : feet extremely 

 muscular, the three fore toes nearly of a length, 

 claws very sharp : the wings when closed extend 

 one inch and a half beyond the tip of the tail, 

 which is slightly rounded, and consists of ten fea- 

 thers, scarcely longer than their coverts ; their 

 shafts extend beyond the vanes, are sharp pointed, 

 strong, and very elastic, and of a deep black co- 

 lour : the shafts of the wing-quills are also re- 

 markably strong : the female can scarcely be dis- 

 tinguished from the male by her plumage. The 

 two varieties of this bird mentioned by Buifon 

 V. X. p. I. 9 



