. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 9. PETROCHELTDON. 189 Cotile fucata, Boie, Ins, 1826, p. 971; W/iite, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 596. Herse fucata. Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 498 (1837). Cotvle fucata, Gray, Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 30 (1848); Bp. Consp. i. p. 342 (1850); Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 10 (1853); Bnrm. Syst. Uebers. iii. p. 145 (1856); id. Eeis. La Plata, ii. p. 478 (1861) ; Peh. Orn. Bras. pp. 18, 402 (1871); Scl.^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 14 (1873). Atticora fucata, Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 308 (18G5); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 72, no. 858 (1869). Adul
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 9. PETROCHELTDON. 189 Cotile fucata, Boie, Ins, 1826, p. 971; W/iite, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 596. Herse fucata. Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 498 (1837). Cotvle fucata, Gray, Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 30 (1848); Bp. Consp. i. p. 342 (1850); Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 10 (1853); Bnrm. Syst. Uebers. iii. p. 145 (1856); id. Eeis. La Plata, ii. p. 478 (1861) ; Peh. Orn. Bras. pp. 18, 402 (1871); Scl.^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 14 (1873). Atticora fucata, Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 308 (18G5); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 72, no. 858 (1869). Adult. General colour above brown, the rump and upper tail- coverts obscurely edged with dull whity brown ; wiug-coverts like the back, the inner greater coverts edged with whity brown near their ends; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish brown, the innermost secondaries with whity-brown edges ; tail-feathers dark brown ; ci'own of head deep tawny rufous, becoming clearer on the hinder crown and nape ; the ear-coverts and sides of neck tawny rufoixs, extending round the hind neck; cheeks, throat, and breast pale tawny; sides of body brown, slightly washed with rufous; centre of breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; thighs brown; under wing-coverts aud axillaries smoky brown, slightly washed with rufous ; quills ashy brown below. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0-25, wing 4-15, tail 2, tarsus 0-45. Hah. Guiana and Brazil. a. Ad. sk. Brazil. b. (S ad. sk. Ypauema, Brazil (Kafterer). c. (S juv. sk. Cordova, Argentine Republic, Sept. 29 (K W, White). d. c? ad. sk. Roraima, British Guiana, Dec. 8 {H. Whitely). Purchased. Sclater Collection. Sclater Collection. Sclater Collection, 9. PETROCHELIDOK ^ ^ Petrochelidon, Cab. Mus. Ileia. Th. i. p. 47 (1850) .... P. swainsoni. Ilylochi'lidon, , Ilandh. B. Austr. i. p. Ill (1865).. P. nigricans. Lagenoplastes, Gould, torn. cit. p. 113 (ls65) P. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page i
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