FAMILY HIRUNDINID7E. SWALLOWS. 



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Group 2. Wing, 4.75 to 5.50 inches long. 



Male: General plumage (including belly), bluish black, or dark steel blue. 



Female: Back, like male; underparts, grayish brown, shading into dull 

 white on the belly. Immature birds have the upper phunnge, brownish ; under- 

 parts, brownish on the breast ; dull white on the belly. 



Purple Martin. 



Prague subis. 

 See No. 456. 



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Back, steel blue; belly, white. 



Tree Swallow. 

 White=bellied Swallow. 



Tachycineta bf color. 

 See No. 462. 



