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NEEDLE-TAILED SWALLOW, 



(Hirundo caudacuta.) 



Hr. ohscura mridi-nitenSj Jronte gulaque albiday rectricibus apice 

 subulatis. 



Obscure shining green Swallow, with the forehead and throat 



whitish, and the tail-feathers awl-shaped at the tips. 

 Hiriando caudacuta. Lath. Ind, Orn, Sup. II. Ivii. 1. 

 Needle-tailed Swallow. Lath. Syn» Sup. II. 25g. 3. 



Discovered in New South Wales ; double the 

 size of the Aculeated Swallow : the prevailing 

 colour of the plumage is dusky, with a green gloss 

 on the wings and tail : the forehead is white : the 

 throat very pale dusky, inclining to whitish : inner 

 wing-coverts variegated with white : the feathers 

 of the tail pointed, and armed with sharp needle- 

 like processes. Very abundant in February, and 

 feeds on large insects, particularly locusts. 



BROWN SWALLOW. 

 ( Hirundo fusca. ) 



Hl.Jusca, alis caudaque mridi-fitscis, gula, crisso, et tecfricibus 

 Cauda: inferioribus albis, rectricibus apice nudis subulatis. 



Brown Swallow, with the wings and tail green brown ; the throat, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts white, and the feathers of the 

 latter naked and awl-shaped at the tips. 



There is a specimen of this bird in the British 

 Museum, which appears to be distinct from H. 



