. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. HIRUNDO. 327 Genus HIRUNDO Linn. Hirundo Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 191, 1758. Type S. rustiea rig. 130.—To show the long outer tail-feathers. This genus is distinguished chieiiy by the long outer tail- feathers, which are incised more or less, on the inner webs. Coloration : male and female similar. 556. Hirundo erythrogaster. Babn Swallow. Hirundo' erytlirogaster Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 45, 1783 (Cayenne); Salvin, ibis, 1885, p. 205 (Bartica Grove, Eoraima, 3500 ft.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus.
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. HIRUNDO. 327 Genus HIRUNDO Linn. Hirundo Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 191, 1758. Type S. rustiea rig. 130.—To show the long outer tail-feathers. This genus is distinguished chieiiy by the long outer tail- feathers, which are incised more or less, on the inner webs. Coloration : male and female similar. 556. Hirundo erythrogaster. Babn Swallow. Hirundo' erytlirogaster Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 45, 1783 (Cayenne); Salvin, ibis, 1885, p. 205 (Bartica Grove, Eoraima, 3500 ft.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. pp. 137, 632, 1885 (Eoraima); Quelch, Timehri (2) x. p. 262, 1596 (migration); Beebe, Our Search for a Wilderness, pp. 247, 379, 1910 (Aremu Eiver, Abary Savannas); Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 327, no. 3331, 1912. "Red-breasted" or " Barn Swallow " {Quelch). Adult female. General colour of the upper surface glossy steel- blue with purplish reflections, including the head, back, upper. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chubb, Charles; McConnell, Frederick Vavasour, d. 1914. London, B. Quaritch
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