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Prince Max. gives the following note on the species :—“ This graceful Swallow lives
on the banks of the rivers in the interior of Brazil, and I met with it on the Bio Grande
(le Belmonte, where it was flying over the water and the large rocks on the shore, in
company with the Red-throated and 'VVlnte-winged Swallows. In the beginning of
September I found it mostly in pairs, and it seemed to prefer those places where the
water from the rocks caused some movement in the river and formed cascades and
whirlpools. Its flight is very rapid, like that of our Chimney-Swallow, which it also
much resembles in the form of the tail. In the brilliant noonday sun I have often seen
it sitting aud sunning itself on the rocks.”
Natterer’s localities for the species are the following;—Bordo do Matto da Para-
naiva : June. Porte do Principe : August. Banaueira : September. Salto Theotonio :
November. Rio Negro : December. Maribatanas: January.
According to Prof. Cabanis (/. c.) Schomburgk met with the species in British
Guiana; l)ut no other collector has procured specimens in that country. Can it be
possible that Atticora cyanolcuca, which is common near lloraiina, was the species
intended ?
Our description and figure are taken from one of Nattcrer’s specimens from Porte
do Principe, in the Sclater Collection, and now in the British Museum.