. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 5. HIEPSDO. 123 2. Fhediua madagascariensis. Progne borbonica (tiec Gm.), Cass. Cat. Hiruncl. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 10 (1853). Pliedina madagascariensis, Hartl. Faun. Madaq. p. 27 (1861) ; Sharpe, 1870, p. 295; id. Cat. Afr. ^.'p. 46 (1871); id. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 78; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 65 (1877). Phedina sp., Roch &; E. Keivt. Ibis, 1862, p. 270; £. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 340. Pliedina borbonica, var. madagascariensis, Grandid. in Milne- Edwards S,- Grandid. H. N. Madag., Ois. pis. 150, 151. Adult. Above rather pale brownish grey, the
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 5. HIEPSDO. 123 2. Fhediua madagascariensis. Progne borbonica (tiec Gm.), Cass. Cat. Hiruncl. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 10 (1853). Pliedina madagascariensis, Hartl. Faun. Madaq. p. 27 (1861) ; Sharpe, 1870, p. 295; id. Cat. Afr. ^.'p. 46 (1871); id. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 78; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 65 (1877). Phedina sp., Roch &; E. Keivt. Ibis, 1862, p. 270; £. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 340. Pliedina borbonica, var. madagascariensis, Grandid. in Milne- Edwards S,- Grandid. H. N. Madag., Ois. pis. 150, 151. Adult. Above rather pale brownish grey, the shafts of all the feathers being distinctly marked; wing-coverts and Cjuills blackish brown, the latter paler underneath; tail dark brown, somewhat lighter on the inner webs ; lores black; cheeks, sides of the neck, and breast greyish brown with darker shaft-stripes ; rest of the under surface of the body white, with thin longitudinal stripes; the lower part of the abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white, the shafts of the feathers only indicated by a narrow line of brown ; sides of the breast and flanks greyish brown ; bill black ; feet dark brown. Total length 5-5 inches, wing 4-7, tail 2. Hah. Madagascar. a. Ad. sk, Noce Vola, Madagascar {A. Crossley). b. Ad. sk. N. Madagascar. c. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Sharpe Collection. Mr. A. Crossley [ Mr. A. Crossley [C.]. 5. HIETJNDO. rj. Type. Hirundo, Linn. Sysf. Nat. i. p. 343 (1766) H. rustica. Chelidon, Forster, Syn. Cat. Br. B. p. 55 (1817) H. rustica. Cecropis, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971 H. capensis. Uromitrus, Bp. Bivist. Contemp., Torino, 1857, p. 4 ... H. filifera. Hemicecrops, Bp. torn. cit. p. 4 H. dimidiata, Lillia, Boie, 0. 1858, p. 364 H. rufula. Waldeuia, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 461 H. nigiita. 1. 1. Tail of H. rustica, to show indentations on outer feathers. 2. Penultimate tail-feather. 3. Head ol H. rustica, to show nostrils. Range. Cosmopolitan,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page
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