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HIRUNDINIDiE. 



are dull black : the throat, belly, and vent are pure 

 white : the wings are rather shorter than the outer 

 tail-feathers : beak very slender. 



Sp. 13. Hi. nigra. Steph. v. x. 98. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 14. Hi. tapera. Steph. v. x. 122. — Brazil, &c. 



Sp. 15. Hi. chalybea. Steph. x. 96* — Cayenne. 



Sp. 16. Hi. fasciata. Steph. wx. 121. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 17. Hi. violacea. GmeLi.\02Q. — Hirundo purpurea, Steph. 



V. X. 108. — America. 

 Sp. 18. Hi. rufa. Steph. v. x. 88. — America. 

 Sp. 19. Hi. rustica. Steph. v. x. 84. pi. 9.— Britain and other 



parts of the old world. 

 Sp. 20. Hi. daurica. Steph. v. x. 95. — Siberia. 

 Sp. 21. Hi. riparia. Steph. v. x. \M. pi. II. — Britain, — and 



North America ? 

 Sp. 22. Hi. Indica. Steph. v. x. 127. pL 14.— East Indies. 

 Sp. 23. Hi. Panayana. Steph. v. x. 95. — Isle of Panay. 

 Sp. 24. Hi. ambrosiaca. Steph v. x. 100. — Africa? 

 Sp. 25. Hi, Senegalensis. Steph. v. x. 93. — Senegal. 

 Sp. 26. Hi. Capensis. Steph. v. x. 92. pi. 10. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 27. Hi. rufifrons. Steph. v. x. 91. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 28. Hi. gularis. Steph. u. x. 59. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 29. Hi. palustris. Steph. v. x. 101. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 30. Hi. cristata. Steph. v. x. 94. — Africa. 

 Sp. 31. Hi. fuciphaga. Steph. v.s.. 11 1. — East Indies. 

 Sp. 32. Hi. esculenta. OshecJc. Linn. Trans. (Horsfield.) x. xiii. 



p. 142. 



Ni. nigricans subtus albida, rectricibus apice albis. , v 



Black Swallow beneath whitish, with the tips of the tail-feathers 

 white. 



Inhabits Java. Length six inches. Dr. Hors- 

 field says that the specimens which he brought from 

 Java differ from Latham's description in being uni- 

 formly of a blackish colour, without a white extremity 

 to the rectrices. 



