-30.
GREY-kUMPED
SW.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
P l a c e a n d
M a n n e r s ,
M RUFOUS-
RUMPED SW.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
little i for the top of the head, wings, and tail, are blaclcifh
brown; the three outer tail feathers tipped with dirty white,, artd
bordered with greenifh brown : the reft of the upper parts are of
this laft colour : the under parts grey, longitudinally dafhed with
brown.
La petite -Hirondelle noire a Croupion gris, Buf. oif vi. p. 696.
Hirondelle de Bourbon, Pl, enl. 544. f. 2.
J E N G T H four inches and a quarter : upper parts of the
body blackifh : rump andunder parts whitifh, or grey.
Inhabits the IJle of France; but is not a numerous fpecies.
Found chiefly in the neighbourhood of frefti waters: flies fwift:
feldom feen to perch; fuppofed to reft in the woods at night, as
it is feen about the Ikirts of them towards evening. It is generally
very lean, and not good food.
One brought from India by M. Somerat, which feemed to belong
to this fpecies, had the under parts ftreaked like the Wheat
Swallow, and the colour of the upper parts, as well as fize, the
fame, only the wings exceeded the tail in length by more than
an inch and a half.
L ’Hirondelle à Croupion roux & Queue carrée, B if. oif. vi. p. 698.
T E N G T H fix inches and a half. The upper parts of the
plumage blackifh brown, with a glofs of both greenifh and
blue: the rump and vent rufous, mixed with a little white:
quills whitifh within : under parts of the body dirty white : tail
even.
7 Found
S W A L L O W . 5 8 3
Found on the borders o f the river Plate, in South America, in
May.
A variety o f this had the throat rufous, and more white than
rufous on the rump and under tail coverts, and no white on the
quills; and the tail a trifle forked.
Place.
Hirundo pelalgia, L in . Syfl. j. p, N° IO#
L ’Hirondelle de 1, Caroline, B rif. orn. ii. PvSo.. N* 9. B u f. oif. vi. p. 700.
American Swallow, C a teß, Cart, App, p i, 8 .—A r fi. Zool,
B r . M u ß L e v . M uf.
32.
ACULEATED SW.
L E S S than the Chimney Swallow:: length four inches and a
quarter. Bill brown : plumage above brown; beneath the
lame, but paler: the throat whitifh :. all the tail feathers terminated
by a bare-pointed lhaft.
D escription;
j I"habitS C a ro lin a and in the fummer-m chimhies^ time; and builds Place.
L’Hirondelle brune ac-utipenne de la Louifiane, B u f oif. vi. p. 600
L Hirondelle a queue pointue de la Louifiane, P L e„L « 6 ƒ Louifjane Swallow, Jr a . Zool.
V ar. A.
§ I Z E o f the laft: plumage in general brown: throat and fore
tai■l, ,p^aorint t0e d,t, a6s nthC<e* la fdtl-rtr whitG fpotted with greenifh brown :
D escription.
Hirondeil*