Yarkand, p. 176, 1873; Heugl., Orn. N. O. Afr., p. 150, 1873; Gould, B. Brit., ii, pi. v,
1873; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., .p. 72, 1873; id.;, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 154;
Ball, ¡5. c., p. 388; Stoliczka, t. c., p. 464; Hume, . p. 469 ; id., Stray Feathers, 1875,
p. 41; Irby, B. Gibr., p. 108, 1875; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv,
extra No., p. 126, 1875; Dresser, B. Eur., pt. xxxvii, 1875 ; Blanford, East. Pers. Zoo., vol. ii,
p. 215, 1876; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 89, 1877, p. 17; Scully, t. c., p. 181; Fairbank,
¡5. c., p. 254; Armstrong, t. c., p. 808; Schalow, Journ. fiir Omith., 1876, p. 176; Dresser,
Ibis, 1876, p. 188.
Cecropis rustica, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971; Brehm, Naum., 1855, p. 271.
Cecropis pagomm, Brehm, Vdg. Deutschl., p. 188, 1881.
a. Shienpayah, 15th January 1868.
b. c. Bhamo, 2nd June 1868.
d. 6 Momien, 24th January 1868.
1 4 9 . H ir t jn d o p i l i f e r a , Steph.
Hirundo filifera, Steph., Gen. Zool., vol. xiii, p. 78, 1826; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 58, 1845;
Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 197, 1849 ; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 888, 1850 ;
Cab., M. H., Bd. i, p. 46, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 98,
1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 159, 1862; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 320; Gould, B. Asia,
pt. xviii, 1866; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxvii, p. 17, 1868; King, t. c„
p. 214; Heugl., Orn. N. O. Afr., p. 155, 1869; Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1870, p. 312;
Finsch. & Hartl., Yög. Ostafr., p. 141, 1870 ; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xliv, 1875, p. 127 ; Aitken, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 212 ; Butler & Hume, op. cit., 1876,
p. 451; W. Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 466.
Hmmdò smithi, Cranct. App. Tuckey Exped. Zaire, p. 467, 1818; HarH., Om. W. Air., p. 26,
1857 ; id., Journ. f. Orn., 1861, p. 103.
Eirmdo nßc^n, Licht, Verz. Doubl., p. 68,1823; Ferr. et Galin., Voy. Abyss. Zool., t. iii, p. 242,
1847; Blanf., Geol. & Zool. Abyss., p. 348, 1870.
Hirundo filicaudata, Frankl., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1831, p. 115; Rüpp., Syst. Hebers., p. 22, 1845;
Heugl., Syst. Uebers., p. 14, 1856; Autin., Cat. Ucc., p. 26, 1865.
Cecropis filicauda, Brehm, Journ. f. Orn., 1858, p. 452.
Hirundo filicauda, Müll., Journ. f. Orn., 1855, p. 5.
TJbromitrusfilifera, A. Brehm, Reis. Habesch., p. 209, 1863.
Hirundo anchietce, Bocage, Jom. Lisboa., 1867, pp. 150, 381.
Hirundo velocissima, Pz., Wiirt. MS. teste Heuglin.
Hirundo fuscicapilla, Heugl., Om. N. O. Afr., p. 154, 1869.
Uromitris filifera, Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 75, 1873; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 289.
a. Bhamó, 21st January 1868.
As the testimony of naturalists generally tends to unite the African and Indian
wire-tailed Swallows, I regard them as one and the same species. Indian specimens,
however, are generally rather larger and have finer and longer tails.
1 5 0 . H i r t jn d o e r y t h r o p y g i a , Sykes.
Hirundo erythropygia, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1832, p. 88; Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 287,
1840 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 337 ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 17;
King; t. c., p. 214; Gray, Handl. B., vol.i,p. 69, 1869; Cock. & Marsh., Stray Feathers,
1878, p. 850; Adam., t. c., p. 870; Hume, op. cit., 1874, p. 122; Aitken, op. cit., 1875,,
p. 212; Brooks, t. c., p. 280; Hume, t. c., p. 818; Butler, t. c., p. 451; Godwin-Austen,
Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 68; Butler, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 226.
Hirundo daurica, Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, Hodgs., p. 54, 1846; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As.
Soc., Bengal, p. 198, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 889, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B.
Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 92, 1856; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 160, 1862.
Cecropis erythropygia, Gould, B. Asia, pt. xx, 1868; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xliv, extra No., p. 127, 1875; Fairbank, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 254.
Lillia erythropygia, Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 76, 1878; id., Stray Feathers, 1877,
p. 255.
a. $ Yaylaymaw, 7th January 1875.
This Swallow was common at the above locality.
Genus C o t y l e , JBoie.
151. C o t y l e s i n e n s i s , J. E. Gray.
Hirundo sinensis, J. E. Gray, in Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool., vol. i,pl. xxxv, fig. 8, 1830; Blyth, Journ.
As. Soc., Bengal, voL xvi, p. 119, 1847; id., Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 199, 1849.
Hirundo Irevicmdata, Mc’Clell., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1889, p. 156; Gray, Gen. B., i, p. 58, 1845.
Hirundo subsoccata, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 82, 1844.
Hirundo mvnuta, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 82,1844.
Cotyle subsoccata, Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 82, 1873.
Cotyle sinensis, J. E. Gray, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Fisshyp. 30,1848; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 342,1850;
Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 96, 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 164,
1862; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. .78, 1869; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xxxix, 1870, p. 266; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 347; Adam., Stray Feathers,
1873, p. 8.70; Hume, op. cit., 1874, p. 469, 1875, p. 42; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 82,
1878; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, ex. No., p. 127, 1875; Hume,
Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 42; Butler & Hume, t. c., p. 452; Fairbank, t. c„ p. 254; Butler, I ¡J p. 227.
a. b. ? Second defile of the Irawady, 5th March 1875.
I shot this species on a little sandy promontory in the second defile of the
Irawady, at which spot it was very numerous, flying at the height of a few feet
above the sand, and constantly alighting for a few moments. I did not elsewhere
observe it, and I procured only two females.
Family—LICR URIDÆ.
Genus C h i b i a , Hodgson.
152. C h i b i a h o t t e n t o t a , Linnæus.
Le choucas du Gap de Bonne Espérance, Briss. Om., t. ii, p. 33, pl. ii, fig. 2, 1760.
Corous hottentotus,.hinn., Syst. Nat., i, p. 155, 1766 ; Lath., Hist. B., vol. iii, p. 50, 1821.
Criniger splendens, Tickell, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. ii, p. 574, 1883,