HIRUNDO RUSTIC A Linne, 
HIRUNDO RUSTICA GUTTURALIS. CHIMNEY SWALLOW. 
Hirundo RUSTICA Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 191, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Sweden. 
Hirundo gutturalis Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insub., Vol. II., p. 96, 1786 : “In Nova 
Guinea ” = Antigua, Panay, Philippines. 
Hirundo panay ana Gmelin, Syst, Nat., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 1018, April 20th, 1789. On 
same basis as preceding. 
Hirundo jewan Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1832, p. 83, July 31st : Dukhun, India. 
Hirundo fretensis Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 110 (Sept. = Dec.), 1865: northern 
shore of Australia ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 179, 1878. 
Hirundo frenata Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 366, Oct. : error for H. fretensis. 
Hirundo andamanensis Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 316, July : Andaman Islands. 
Hirundo javanica Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 2, 1888 ; Campbell. Nests and Eggs 
Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 450, 1901. 
Hirundo gutturalis Mathews, Hand! Birds Austral., p. 60, 1908. 
Chelidon rustica gutturalis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 300, 1912. 
Hirundo rustica gutturalis Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 163, 1913; id., Austral Av. 
Rec., Vol. II., p. 107, 1914. 
In coloration this species is very like H. neoxena, but has the outside tail-feathers more 
elongated, a black band on the breast succeeding the rufous throat ; this black 
band may be interrupted by the red, but is always present on the sides of the 
breast ; rest of under-surface pure white, without streaks or smoky coloration at 
the sides. 
Gould introduced this bird to the Australian Avifauna in his “ Handbook,’’ 
writing : “ The only specimen I possess of the bird now to be noticed was 
shot by Mr. ftayner, surgeon of H.M.S. Herald, on the northern shore of 
Australia.” Since that date no other record has occurred and nothing more 
definite is known of its supposed occurrence than the above. 
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