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AVES. 
with a Bee-eater, and after some days of peace, a quarrel 
happened, and the young Swift v^as killed. 
Miicropteryx comatus. 
C^'pselus coicalus. 
Martinet coiflVre (Tenirn. P], Col. pi, 268). 
Body above and below, bronzed olive green, excepting the lower 
tail-covers which are white. 
Head, dark steel-blue ■, a patch of deep rufous feathers covers the 
oars ; the feathers over the eyes are long, forming a horn-like crest, 
arching back over each eye ; the outer edges of these feathers are 
white, so as to give the crest the appearance of a white eyebrow; a 
long strip ^f white feathers also springs on each side of the beak 
from below the gape, and extends to the hind head; parallel to this 
again, and lower down on each side of the throat, is a smaller and 
shorter stripe of white. 
Wings, dark steel-blue, inner webs and lower sides of the quills 
dusky ; some of the feathers of the greater covers are tipped with 
white, so as to form a white patch. 
Tail, steel-blue above, dusky brown below. 
'fotal length, 6| inches. 
Length of bill from gape, lines, 
of bill from front, lines. 
„ of wings, 5 inches. 
of tail, 3 inches. 
,, of tarsus, 2 lines, 
of middle toe, 4| lines. 
Not uncommon ; they perch frequently on branches, and 
breed in hollow' trees in the jungle. 
S«b-fam, Hirundininrje. 
Gen, Hinimlo. 
Tlinmdo Pacifica. 
„ Javanica (Vig. ar,d Ilorsfi). 
[linmdelle Oiicntale (Temni. P]. Col.). 
General colour above, steel-black, the feathers on the back being 
white at their base ; a ferruginous stripe extends on either side 
from the nostril to the eye. 
Below, body and tail-covers white, chin and throat ferruginous, 
passing into a rufous brown towards the lower throat. 
Wings, dusky black ; covers steel-black. 
Tail forked, extending to the end of the wings, dusky black, the 
four outer feathers on each side having white spot on the inner 
web at the distance of about a third e. the length of the whole 
feather from the tip. 
