P ilip p i V ia q q . P o rs . p . 3 « (1 8 0 3 ) ; B e t to n i.U c c . iiid if. L om b . ta v 07 (1 8 0 3 70) ;
M ™ ib i s . rS 0 3 , p. i s o ; b I w . I b is , 1 8 0 7 . p . 2 81 ; B o g l. & G o t e Oon. B;u- ..
p. 3 93 ( 1 8 0 7 ) ; L o c b e , E x p l. Sci. A lg é r ., O is. ii. p. 71 (1 8 0 7 ) ; I n s t v . “ 07.
p . 8 6 * D r a k e , t . c. p . * 2 6 ; S a u n d e r s , I b i s , 1 8 0 9 , p . 1 / 1 ; l l e u g l O ru . î , 0 .-A h _
s . ; Æ
, 1 9 5 p l 1 0 2 (1 8 7 5 ) ; I r b y , B . G ib r. p. 1 02 (1 8 7 5 ) ; B b a r to n , t e s 1 8 7 0 , p . 19
WaMe’n t. c. p 3 3 0 ; B la n k E a s t. F e rs . ii. p. 2 1 0 (1 8 7 0 ) ; To c* . B n lL ^ Zool.
P r a n o e , ii. p . 1 38 (1877) ; H nm o , S tr . P . v iii. p . 8 1 (1 8 7 9 ) ; B o g d an o ff, . Canoas,
p 1 1 0 (1879) ; S o w t .e d . Y a r r . B rit. B . ii. p. 311) (1 8 8 0 ) ; B u tl e r , C a t. «■
b a y P re s . p . 15 (1880) ; C o lle tt, S o r g e s P n g le , p. 28 0 (1 8 8 1 ) ; S o n lly t e q 1881
p . .128; S b e lle v , I b i s , 1 8 8 2 , p . 2 5 9 ; B id d u lp li. t. c. P ' „ , ,
M u s Y p 32 (1 8 8 2 ) ; S e v e rta . I b i s , 1 8 8 3 , p . 70 ; B . O. U . E r s t B n t . B p 1 1
¡1 8 8 3 ) ; D e E o c h o b r . P a n n . S én ég ., Ois. p. 2 10 (1881) ; T r i s t r P a n o . & l l o r . 1 aie s .
p. 02 (1 8 8 1 ) ; l l a d d e .O r n . C a n e . p. 30 ( 1 8 8 1 ) ; Slrarpo, '
p 8 39 ( 1 8 8 1 ) ; E a g le C la rk e , I b is , 1 8 8 1 , p . 1 1 2 ; S a u n d e rs , t o. p . 3 7 1 , Z a n d u .
Ois T r a n s e a p. p . 32 (1 8 8 5 ) ; W h ite h e a d , I b is , 1 8 8 6 , p. 27 ; C h a pm a n , I b s, 188o
r ; 7 3 - S h a rp e C a t. B . B r i t . M u s . x . p . 87 (1 8 8 5 ) ; G .g b o lr, Avrf. I a l. p . 18 0
0 8 8 6 ); P le sk o , U e b e rs . S lu g , n u d V o g . K o la -H a lb in s . p 9 2 (1 8 8 0 ) ;
E l " , t e B. p t. iii. ( 1 8 8 6 ) ; T a it, Ib is , 1 8 8 7 , p. 1 9 1 ; M a e p b e rs o n . , n i ,
S a lv ad E le n c h U c c . I t a l . p . 81 (1 8 8 7 ) ; E a d d e , O m is , m , p . 1 9 0 (1 8 8 7 ) .
G u illem a rd . I b is , 1 8 8 8 , p . 1 2 0 ; L ilfo rd . t. o. p. 3 2 9 ; l l e id , t. c. p. 1 3 3 ; Ko o n ig ,
,1 f O. 1 8 8 8 , p . 1 0 0 ; T r is tr am , C a t. Coll. p . 2 03 (1 8 8 9 ) ; E a g lo C la rk e , U n s
1 8 8 9 p 3 1 2 ; S a u n d e rs , M a n . B r i t . B . p . 157 (1889) ; G ig lio h , P n n r E e so c . p. .1 3
(1 8 8 9 ) ; id . op. c it. p t. ii. p . 1 87 (1 8 9 0 ) ; O a te s , E a u n . B r it. I n d Bu-ds, u . p . 209
(1 8 9 0 ) id. od H um e ’s N e s ts A E g g s I n d . B . ii. p . 1 77 (1 8 9 0 ) ; B ru sm a , M o tr ete^
O rn C ro a t.] p . 6 8 ( 1 8 9 0 ) ; id . O rn . .la b rb . ii. p . 17 (1 8 9 1 ) ; G r a h am Ib r d s o f
T «X Afilli n n 1 8 0 - 1 8 ‘’ 2 2 8 ( 1 8 9 1 ) ; Buckley & I l a r v i c - B iw u , V c rte b r. 1 'a u n .
Z u p. o i ; Z i p i . S c i . E o s . S eco n d Y a rk . M is s ., A v e s, p. 1 05 (1891) ; Seeb.
I b i s , 1 8 9 2 , p . 1 9 ; M e a d o -W a ld o , I b i s , 1 8 9 3 , p . 192.
Ch elid o n fc u e s t r a r n m , C. L . B re lm r, V o g . D e n is e Ü. p . 1 1 0 (1831).
C h eM o u r u p e s tr is , C. L . B re hm , t . e. p . 1 10 (1831).
I l i n w d o c a n d id a ,] . —
I I ir u n d o m r i a , B re lm i, V 5 g . D e n ts c b l. v i. p . / 1 (183.3).
Jliiniiido p allida, J
T h e M aH ln , Y a v r. B v it. B. ii. p- 222 (18-43).
C h elid o n fe c lom m , C. L. B re lim , X a um . 1855, p . 271.
C h elid o n urh ica vu lg a id s,
Chelidon u rh ic a latirosti'is,
C h e lid o n u rbica fe n e s l r a r u m ,
A . E . B re lim , Atorz. S am m l. C. L . B re lim , p. 3
C h e lid o n u rh ica te c to ru n i,
(18GG, te s te D re sse r).
Chelidoii u rh ic a ru p e s tr is ,
Chelidon tirb ic a se p te nM o n a lis ,..
C h e lid o n c a shm ir ien s is (nec G o u ld ), G ig l. A v if. I t a l . p. 1 87 (188C) ; id . & M an z e lla ,
Ic o n . A v if. I t a l . fa se, x liii. (1 8 8 8 ) ; G ig l. A v if. I t a l , i. Uosoc. p . 31G (1889).
C h e lid o n a r ia ui'b ica , l le ic h e n . J . f. 0 . 1 8 8 9 , p . 18 7 ; id. S y st. D e b e rs . A^ug. D e u ts e h l.
p . 25 (1880) ; H a r t e r t , K a t. V o g e lsam m l. S en ck e iib . M u s . p. OS (1891).
C. subcaiulaUbufi albis : rcctricibus immacnlatis : supracaudalibus longioribus iiigris, rcliquis albis :
mento albo, gastrico concolore, ncc fumoso : caudù valdè furcata.
Hab. in regione Paliearcticà occidentali, usqne ad Asiani ceutralem, in Africà ct in peninsula Indica
hibernaus.
Aduli male in breeding-pltimage. General colour above deep purjdish blue, witli slight indications of tbe
wliite bases of the feathers showing ou the hind neck and mantle ; wing-coverts Idackish, tho
lo.sscr series slightly glossed with purple, the median and greater coverts with a very faint steely
gloss ; bastard-wiiig, primarj-.coverts, and quills also blackish, slightly glossed with steely green ;
lower back and rnini) pure white, sometimes with narrow shaft-lincs of dusky ; upper tail-coverts
blue like tlie back ; tail-feathers blackish brown, with a slight steel-blue gloss on the centre ones ;
crown of head like the back ; lores and featliers round the eye black, as well as the car-covcrts ;
cheeks and lower ear-coverts as well as the entire under surface of the body pure wliite ; sides
of body ami flanks washed with very pale smoky brown ; thighs -white; under tail-coverts wliite,
sometimes with a slight wasli of dingy brown, the sliaft-stripes dusky and tolerably distinct, these
streaks, however, often absent; under wing-coverts and axillaries smoky brown, the outer wing-
covcrts mottled with dusky bases to tbe feathers; quills dusky brown beloiv, a little j>aler mi the
inner edge : bill black ; feet black ; iris dark brown. Total length 5'5 inches, euliiien 0'35,
wing 4-52, tail 2'5, tarsus 0--1").
Adult female. Similar to the male iu colour. Total length 5 inches, culmcn 0'35, wing -1-3, tail 2‘5,
tarsus 0'-45.
Young. Distinguished from the adults at a glance by the yellow gape and white fringes to the cnd.s of
the secondaries. Tlie colour of the upper surface is much duller, being often of a dingy brown
with a glos.s of purplish or greenish steel-blue; the th ro a t is pale smoky hrown, well defined on
the fore neck, and contrasting with the rest of the under surface, wliich is pure white, llcfore
leaving Hnglaiul, the plumage becomes worn and dingy brown, but tbo new fcatlicr.s arc visible
ill e.Kainplcs killed late in October.
Sometimes the young have a pretty tinge of rufous i.sabollinc on the throat and fore neck, and
this same colour is often visible on the adults in breediiig-plumagc, pervading also the rump.
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