C O T I L E C O N C O L O R (Syk-s).
D U S K Y K O C K -M A E T IN .
X l r m j i :
COTILE CONCOLOR
Hirundo concolor, Sy k e s , P . Z. S. 1 8 3 2 , p . 83 ; J e r d . i l a d r . J o u r n . xi. p. 238 (184iü) ;
G ra y , G e n . B . i. p . 58 (1 8 4 5 ) ; B ly th , J . A. S. B e n g . x v i. p. 1 19 (1847) ; id . Cat.
B . M u s . A s . Soc. p . 1 99 (1849).
BibUs concolor. Le s s . C ompì. B uff. viii. p. 4 9 5 (1837).
C o ty le concolor, Boie , Is is , 1 8 4 4 , p. 1 7 0 ; B p . C o n sp . i. p . 3 42 (1 8 5 0 ) ; Cass. Cat.
U i r u n d . M u s . P h ila d . Ac ad . p . 12 (1 8 5 3 ) ; H o rs f. & M o o re , C at. B . B .I. Co. M u s.
i. p . 97 (1854) ; J e r d . B . I n d . i. p . 1G5 (18G2) ; B la n f. Iliis, 1 8 6 7 , p . 4G3 ; i«!.
J . A. S. B e n g . x l. p . 271 (1 8 7 1 ) ; B u tl e r , S tr . E . 1 8 7 7 , p. 227.
C o tile concolor. G r a y , H an d -1 . B . i. p. 73, n o . 8 73 (1SG9); A itk c n , S tr . E . 1875,
p . 2 1 4 ; B u tle r, t . c. p. 4 5 3 ; l lu m e , t . c. p . 4 5 3 ; id . S tr . E . 1876, p. 3 5 ; S h a rp e ,
C a t. B ird s in B r it. M u s . x . p. 1 0 8 (18 8 5 ).
Btyonoprogne concolor, H um e , N e s ts a n d E g g s I n d . B . p. S3 (1 8 7 3 ) ; A d am , S tr.
E . 1873, p . 3 7 0 ; E a irb . S tr. E . 1 8 7 6 , p. 2 5 4 ; D a v id s . & AVenden, S tr . E . 1878,
vol. ii. p . 77 ; H um e , S tr . E . 1879, p . 84 ; B u tle r , C a t. B . S in d &c. p . 13 (1 8 7 9 ) ;
id . C a t. B . S. B om b . P re s . p . 1 4 (1 8 8 0 ) ; A^idal, S tr . E. 1 8 8 0 , p . 43 ; D a v iso n , S tr.
E . 1 8 8 3 , p . 34G.
Krimnochelidon concolor, T ie k e ll, M S S. ; W a ld e n , I b is , 1 8 7 6 , p. 356.
0. miuor; similis C. fuligula, sed gulá maculata distiugueuda.
Hab. iu peninsula Indica.
Adult male. General colour above uniform dark sooty browu ; wing-coverts like the back, tbe bastard-
wing, priraarj’-coverts, aud quills dark browu, cxterually washed witli the same browu as tlie
back ; tail-featliers dark browu, with a white spot ou the inucr web of all but the two centre
feathers and the outer one on each side; head like the back ; lores, sides of face, car-coverts, and
cheeks uniform dark brown, with a few fulvous streaks only on the cheeks; throat and chest dull
rufescent, streaked with dusky brown, the feathers being mesially centred with this colour;
breast, abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts uniform dark sooty brown, with a few of the
feathers of the abdomen paler edged ; axillaries and under wing-covcrts dark brown with rufous
edges; quills dusky brown below : “ bill black; legs aud feet brownish plumbeous or purpli^li
brown ; iris blackish browu ” {E. A. Butler) : “ legs and feet pale fleshy brown ” ifV. Davuion) :
“ inside of mouth light yellow” {C. T. Bingham). Total length 4'8 inches, culmcu O'.'lñ,
wiug 4 ‘05, tail T8Ù, tarsus 0'35.
The dusky spots or streaks on the throat, which arc very evident in the living hird, are often invisible in
skins, the throat and fore neck being quite uniform in some specimens. Sometimes also a trace
of a white spot can be found on the outer tail-feather and occasionally on the centre ones.