HIRUNDO E U C H R Y S E A .
IIirundo euohrysea, Gosse, B. Jamaica, ji. 68, pi. 12 (1817); Gray, Cat. Fissir. Brit.
Mus. p. 20 (1818) ; March, Proc. Pliilacl. Acad. 1803, p. 293; Grar, IIand-1. B. i.
p. 72, no. 8-19 (1809); Sol. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. l-l (1873); Sharpe
Cat. Birds in Brit. Mus. x. p. 170 (1883).
Herse euohrysea. Bp. Consp. i. p. 31 (1850).
Petrochelidoa euohrysea, Sclater. B. Z. S. 1801, p. 72; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 39
(1802),
CaUichelidon euohrysea, Baird, Ecview Amer. B, p. 301 (1805); A, & E Newt
Handb. Jamaica, 1881, p. 107.
Tachycineta euohrysea, Cory, Auk, iii. p. 58 (1886); id. B. West Indies, p. 72
(18891.
H , m e ta llic è au reo -v irid is : u ro p y g io dorso concolore : s u b tù s alba.
ffab . in in su la “ J am a ic a ” die ta .
AduU. G en e ra l c o lo u r above m e ta llic g o ld c u gro eu , g re e n e r o n tlie h e ad ; w ing-cove rts lik e th e b a ck ■
g r e a te r cove rts, b a s ta rd -w in g , a n d p rim a iy -c o v e rts b la c k ish , e x te rn a lly wa shed with goldoi!
bronz e ; q u ills b la ck, w ith a s lig h t b ro n zy sh a d e o n th e o u te r edge ; ta il-fe a tlic rs b la ck ish washed
with g o lden b ro n z e ; lo re s ve lv e ty b la c k ; e a r-co v e rts , fo re p a r t o f cheeks, a n d base o t ehiit
m c la lh c go ld en greo n lik e th o u p p e r s u r f a c e ; th ro a t a n d r em a in d e r o f u n d e r surfa c e o t b o d y
pu re w h ite ; th ig h s b la c k ; u n d e r tn il-e o v c rts p n r e wliilo ; a x illa rie s a n d u n d e r win g -co v e rts
m e ta llic g o ld en g re e n , w ith d u sk y b a s e s ; q u .lls sooty b la ck b e low ; « b i l l b la c k ; f e e t purplksli
black (Gosse). T o ta l le n g th 5 m ch c s , cu lm en 0 '3 , w ing 4 7 , ta il 2 7 , ta r su s 0-4.
¡m a y . Differs from th e a d u lt in h a v in g th e fe a th e rs o f th e th r o a t and b r e a s t o h scnred w ith d n sk v
sn b tc riu in a l b a r s . T h e m e ta llic p liim ag o is also d u lle r and g re e n e r, w ith n o t su ch a s tro n g
go lden lu s tre . ^
Haò. Jam a ic a .
In is IS one of the most distinct of all tlio Sivalloivs, heiug remarkahle for its metallic
plumage. Althougli it is to be seen iu many Museums, it is by no means common in
eol cetioiis, and little has been rceortled of its l.abits. In fiiet ivc liaye not been able to
md any record since tlie date ot Mr. Gosse’s ivdl-knoivn work on the ■ Birds of Jamaica ’
mere he writes :—
“ Tins exceedingly lovely little Swallow, whose plumage reflects the radiance of the
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