Ceeropis badia, Cass. Proc. Pbilad. Acad. 1853, p. 371 ; id. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad.
Acad. p. 4 (1853).
Hirundo badia, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 69, no. 804 (18G9) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds in Brit.
Mus. X. p. IGG (1885).
Ceeropis archetes, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 206.
Ilirundo archetes, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 47 ; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 592 (1879).
H. u ro pygio ru fo : c apite d o rso c o n co lo re ; su b tù s c a stan c a .
Hab. in p cn in su là M a layensi.
A d u lt. G en e ra l c o lo u r above glossy s te e l-b lu e ; b in d ne ck and m a n tle slig h tly s tre a k e d w ith reddish ou
d is tu rb in g th e f e a th e r s ; le sse r a n d m ed ian w in g -co v e rts like th e b a c k ; g r e a te r cove rts, b a s ta rd -
wing, primarv’-eoverts, a n d q u ills b la ek ish , e x te rn a lly washed with s te e l-b lu e ; rum p a n d u p p e r
ta il-co v e rts deep c h e s tn u t, th e lo n g u p p e r ta il-c o v e rts s te e l-b lu e ; ta il-fe a th e rs b la ck glossed with
ste e l-b lu e ; crow n o f h e a d like th e ba ck ; lores d u sk y ; a na rrow lin e o f red com m en c in g a t th e
base o f th e forehe ad a n d e x te n d in g o v e r th e eye, fo rm in g a na rrow a n d sc a rc e ly p e rc ep tib le eyebrow
; sides o f h in d e r c rown, e a r-co v e rts , che eks, a n d u n d e r su rfa c e o f body de ep c h e s tn u t, with
in d is tin c t bla ck ish s tr e a k s , ve ry tin y o n th e e a r-co v e rta a n d th ro a t, b u t a little la rg e r on th e
b re a s t, alMlomen, a n d flanks ; a p a tc h o f ste e l-b lu e fe a th e rs o n th e sides o f th e u p p e r b r e a s t;
th ig h s a n d u n d e r ta il-co v e rts c h e s tn u t, th e lo n g ones o f th e la t te r with s te e l-b lu e ends, th e lo n g e s t
e n tire ly ste e l-b lu e ; u n d e r win g -co v e rts a n d ax illa rie s cb c s tn u t, th e la t te r slig h tly m o ttle d with
d u sk y bases and n a rrow bla ck ish sh a f t- lin e s ; q u ills below d u sk y b row n : “ b ill b la ck , fleshy
white a t g a p e ; legs an d fe e t b la ck o r p u rp lish b la ck ; claws b la c k ; iris de ep b rown ” { //'. D a v ison).
T o ta l le n g th 6 inche s, c u lm en 0-4, wing 4 '9 5 , ta il 2 '" , ta r su s 0-6.
T h e following a rc th e m e a su rem en ts o f th e se rie s in th e B r itis h M u seum :—
a~c. c? ad. K u ro o .......................................................................
if. ? ad. „ ...........................................................................
e. S “d- S e l a n g o r e ...........................................................
/ - / . ? ad. „ .................................................................
m. g ju v . K o s s o u m ..........................................................
n, 0. cJ ad. P o o n g y a h ..........................................................
,<■ ! .-ifl. „ ................................................
q , r . (J ad. G i r b u ......................................................................................... 6 ’0 T h e a dult fem a le is sim ila r in c o lo u r to th e male.
Total length. Wing. Tail.
in. in. in.
4-8-.'>'8 3G -3 -9
7-2 5-1 3-5
r-2 5-2Ó 3-8
6 - 8 - r '2 .5 0 -5 -2 3 -5-3-9
C-2 5-05 3 1
7-Ò-7-7 5-2 3-8
7-0 5 1 .3-5
6-0 (m o u ltin g )
5-1-5-2 (m o u ltin g