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HIRUNDINIDiE. 



yellow : all the upper parts reddish-brown : the wings 

 and tail dusky-brown : the inner web of the first quill 

 is ciliated, and very irregular throughout its entire 

 length. 



Sp. 9. Hi. fuscata. Temm. PI. Col. 161./. 1. 



Yii. Juscus subtus albusj capite collo pectoreque rujis. 

 Brown Swallow beneath white, with the head, neck, and breast 

 rufous. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length four inches : the upper 

 parts of the body, the tail, and the wing-coverts are 

 brown ; the last and lateral tail-feathers with lighter 

 edges : the head, neck, and breast are rufous, deepest 

 on the cheeks, occiput, and forehead : on the sinciput 

 are several brown feathers : the belly and all the under 

 parts are white. 



Sp. 10. Hi. minuta. Temm, PI. Col. 209./. I. 

 Hi. sericeo-ccBrulea subtus alba, alls caudaque nigris. 

 Silken-blue Swallow beneath white, with the wings and tail black. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length four inches and a half : 

 all the upper parts of the body, the cheeks, the sides 

 of the neck, and the under tail-coverts, are of a fine 

 silken blue : the wings and the tail are dull black : 

 the under parts are glossy white. 



Sp. 11. Hi? filifera. 



Hi. vertice nucha colloque superne rujis; corpore supra cceru- 

 lescente, subtus alba, alls caudaque nigris ; rectricibus, duabus 

 mediis exceptis, macula alba, externis utrinque longissimis jili' 

 formibus. 



