C H E L ID O N LA-GOPODA .
C H E L I D O N L A G O P U S [ P a i i . ] .
P.V L LA S ’S M A R T IN .
T lim n d o lagopoda, P a ll. Z o o g r. R o s s .-A s ia t. i. p . 5 3 2 ( 1 8 1 1 ) ; S ev e rtz . T ü rk e s t.
J e v o tn . p . 07 ( 1 8 7 3 ) ; D r e s s e r, I b is , 1 8 7 6 , p . 1 8 8 ; S e eb o hm , R r it. B. iii. p. 179
(1 8 8 4 ) ; S tc jn . B u ll. U .S . N a t. M u s . n o . 29. p . 3 23 (1885).
I l i r u n d o u rb ica (n o n L .), A lid d en d . R e is . S ib ir., Zool. p. 18 9 ( 1 8 5 1 ) ; S c h re n k , A m u r.
R e is e , p . 3 8 8 (1 8 5 9 ) ; R a d d e , R e is . S ib ir., V ö g . p . 28 0 (1883).
C h elid o n u rb ica (n o n L .), T ick o ll, J . A. S. B o n g . x x iv . p . 227, fo o tn o te (1 8 5 5 ) ;
B ly th , B. B u rm . p . 1 27 (1 8 7 5 ) ; l l u m e & D a v iso n , S tr . P . 1878, p . 4 5 ; K um e ,
S tr . E . 1 8 7 9 , p . 84 (p t.).
Chelidon w h ite ly i, Sw in h . P . Z. S. 18G2, p. 3 2 0 ; id. Ih is , 1 8 7 4 , p. 1 5 2 , p l. v ii. flg. 2 ;
D re s se r, B. E u r. iii. p. 4 9 8 (1875).
C h elid o n lagopoda, Sw in h . Ib is , 18G3, p . 9 1 ; id . P . Z. S. 1SG3, p. 287 ; G ra y , llan d -1 .
B. i. p . 7 4,110. 8 81 ( 1 8 6 9 ) ; Sw iu h . P . Z. S. 1 8 7 1 , p. 3 47 ; T ac z. J . f. O. 1872,
p. 352, 1874, p. 3 3 4 ; D y h ow sk i, J . f. ü . 1S7G, p. 1 9 2 ; T ac z. B u ll. Soc. F r a n c e , i.
p. 1 34 (1S7G); D a v id & O u s t. Ois. C h iu e , p. 1 3 0 ( 1 8 7 7 ) ; S o e b o hm , I b i s , 1S79,
p. 17 ; S ev e rtz . Ib is , 1 8 8 3 , p. 8 0 ; O a te s , B . B r i t . B u rm . i. p. 3 1 1 (1 8 8 3 ).
Chelidon lagopus, S b a rp e , C a t. B ird s in B r i t . AIus. x . p. 93 (±885).
C. subcaudalibus albis : supra c auda libus omnibus a lbis uropygio concoloribus.
Hab. iu Asia o rie iita li c t ce iitra li.
A d u lt fem a le . G ene ra l colour above glossy blu e -b la ck , th e b in d ne ck a u d m an tle varied w ith white bases
to th e f e a th e r s ; wing-coverts au d q uills blackisli brown, th e fo rm e r slig h tly glossed with blue-
black oil th e m a rg in s ; rum p and all th e u p p e r ta il-co v e rts white,-washed w ith smoky b row n , w ith
d usky s h a f t- lin e s ; ta il-fe a th e rs blackish b row n ; lores b la ck, as well as th e fe a tlie rs ro u n d th e
e y e ; cheeks aud e a r-cove rts white, th e u p p e r ma rg in o f th e la tte r b lu e -b la c k ; u n d e r surfa c e o f
body w hite , th e th ro a t tin g ed Avitb reddish b u f f ; tlic sides o f th e body and flanks pale smoky
b row n ; th ig h s a u d plumes o f leg w h ite ; u n d e r ta il-co v e rts w h ite , w ith d is tin c t sh a ft-lin e s o f
d usky b row n ; u n d e r wing-covcrts and axillaries d a rk smoky b rown, th e ou te rm o st small coverts
tip p ed w ith white ; quills d u sk y b rown below, p a le r *ilong th e in n e r wob. To ta l len g th K i inches,
culmeii 0-3, wing 4 T , ta il 2-05, ta rsu s 0 ’45.
T h e ty p e o f C. whitelyi, Swiiih., in M r. Seebohm’s collection, differs from th e bird described
only iu h aving th e d usky shaft-lines on th e rum p and u p p e r and u n d e r ta il-co v c rts less distin c t,
a n d in w an tin g th e ru fc s c cu t tin g e ou th e th ro a t.
Hab. Sib e ria from th e Yeu-e-say valley eastwards, p ro b ab ly as fa r as K am ts c h a tk a . Southwa rds
th ro u g h o u t Mongolia aud China to T u rk e s tan and occasionally as fa r so u th as Burinah.