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HIRUNDO C U C U L LA TA .
H I R U N D O C U C U L L A T A ,
LARGE EL'FOUS-nEADED SWALLOW.
I l i r o n d e l l e à tê te ro u s se d u Cap d e B o n n e E sp é ra n c e , D a u b e n t . P l. E n l . 723. fig. 2.
R i r u n d o c u c u lla ta , B o d d . T a b i. P l. E n l. p . 45 (1 7 8 3 , e x D a u b c n t .) ; G ra y , G e n . B.
i. p . 58 (1 8 4 5 ) ; id . C a t. E is s ir . B r it. M u s . p. 23 ( 1 8 4 8 ) ; J a r d . E d in b . N ew
P liilo s . J o u r n . n . s c r. iii. p . 2 4 1 (185(î) ; G ra y , lIa u d -1 . B . i. p . 6 9 , n o . 7 95 (1 8 6 9 ) ;
lE e u g l. O rn . N .O .-A fr. i. p . 1 0 2 (1 8 0 9 ) ; S lia rp e , P . Z. S . 1 8 7 0 , p . 3 1 8 ; id . C a t. A fr.
B. p . 4 0 (1 8 7 1 ) ; G u rn e y , in A n d e rs s . B . P a in . L d . p. 50 (1 8 7 2 ) ; A y r e s , I b is , 1 8 7 3 ,
p . 2 8 1 ; S h e llo y , I b is , 1 8 7 5 , p . 0 7 ; A y re s , I b is , 1 8 7 0 , p . 4 2 4 ; B o c a g e , O rn .
A n g o la , p . 1 83 ( 1 8 8 1 ) ; S lia rp e , in O a te s ’s M a ta b e le L a n d , A p p . p. 3 1 1 (1 8 8 1 ) ;
S lie lle y , I b is , 1 8 8 2 , p . 2 0 0 ; S a lv in , C a t. S tr ic k l. C o ll. p. 1 4 9 ( 1 8 8 2 ) ; B u tl e r ,
E e ild e n , & l l e id , Zool. 1 8 8 2 , p . 251 ; I lo lu b & V o n P e lz . B e itr . O rn . S ü d a fr. p . 58
(1 8 8 2 ) ; S b a rp e , ed. L a y a rd ’s B . S. A f r. p p . 3 7 0 , 8 41 (1 8 8 2 ) ; id . C a t. B ir d s in
B r it. M u s . X . p . 15 2 (1 885).
R i r u n d o ca p e n sis, G m . S y s t. N a t. i. p . 1 0 1 9 (1 7 8 8 , e x D a u b e n t . ) ; B p . C o n sp . i.
p . 3 39 ( 1 8 5 0 ) ; G r ill, Zool. A n te c k n . p . 3 4 (1 8 5 8 ) ; L a y a rd , B . S. A f r. p . 54
( 1 8 0 7 ) ; B o c a g e , J o r n . L is b . 1 8 0 8 , p . 47.
C ecropis ca p e n s is , B o ie , I s i s , 1 8 2 0 , p . 9 7 1 , 1 8 4 4 , p . 1 7 4 ; Cai). M u s . H e in . T h . i.
p . 47 (1 8 5 0 ).
R i r u n d o r u f t d a ì , B ly th , C a t. B . M u s . A s . Soc. p . 1 98 (1 8 4 9 ).
C ecropis c u c u lia ta , Cass. C a t. H i r u u d . M u s . P h ila d . A c a d . p . 3 (18 5 3 ).
L i l l i a ca p e n s is , B o ie , Is is , 1 8 5 8 , p . 3 0 4 .
H. uropygio ru fo ; pileo rufo ; alu 5 '1 ; su b tù s n ig ro a n g u s te s trio la ta .
Hab. in A fric a meridionali.
Adult. He ad in ten s e s ienna , th e ba se o f tlic fe a th e rs blue -b la ck , showing oc c a siona lly a few m a rk in g s of
tliis c o lo u r o u th e crown ; u p p e r p a r t o f th e h a ck and sc apula rs glossy p u rp lish blue, ma rked w ith
w hite iu th e ex trem e u p p e r p a r t o f th e n e ek , th is appe a ranc e b e in g c aused h y th e w h itish edging
to th e fe a th e rs wh en th e y a re d isa rran g ed ; w ing-eove rts lik e th e ha ck, th e edge o f th e wing
ma rk ed with w hite , especially ou th e p rim a iy -co v c rts , all o f which a re edged w ith w h ite ; quills
brownish bl.ick, lig h te r o n th e in n e r web, washed e x te rn a lly w ith d a rk g re en ish s te e l-b lu e ; lower
p a r t o f th e b a ck pale sicniia, m u c h p a le r ou th e up p e r ta il-covc rts, wliere it is n e a rly white, th e
o u te rm o s t u p p e r ta il-co v c rts be ing s te e l-b lu e ; ta il brownish black, glossed w ith d a rk g re en ish
steel-blue, th e m iddle fe a th e rs w ith o u t any white sp o t o u th e in u c r web, th e n ex t two o n each
side with a small wliite spot on tlie in n e r web, aud so o n ti l l th e la s t, which ha s a ve ry la rg e
white sp o t ; u u d c r su rfa c e o f body fulvous white , th e sh a ft o f each fe a th e r s tro n g ly m a rk e d with
brown, th e s e sh a ft-s trip c s b e in g very small o n th e th ro a t and checks ; th e sides o f th e b od y washed