III. Subfamily PROGNINjE. 

 I. Genus PROGNE, Boie. Isis, 1826, p. 971. 



1. Progne PURPUREA, (Linn.) Ami. B. of Am., pi. 22. 



Hirundo purpurea et subis, Linn. Sf/st. Nat. i. p. 344. 

 Hirundo violacea, Gm, JSj/st. Nat. i. p. 1026. 

 Hirundo cserulea, Vieill. Ois. cVAm. Sept. i. p. 57, pi. 26, 27. 

 Hirundo versicolor, VicilL Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. 509. 

 Hirundo ludoviciana, Cuv. Reg. An. i. p. 374, (1817.) 



1. Adult male, Philadelphia. Presented by Thos. Mc- 



Euen, M. D. 



2. Adult female, Washington. Presented by J. K. Town- 



send, M. D. 

 8. Young male, Washington. Presented by the same. 



4. Adult male, North America, from the Rivoli collection. 



5. Adult male, S )uth America, from the siuje. 



6. Young male, South America, from the ?ame. 



2. Progne dominicensis, (Gm.) Vieill. Ois. d'Am. Sept. pi. 28, 29. 



Hirundo dominieensis, Gm S^.st Nat. i. p. 1025. 

 Hirundo albiveutris, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. 533. 

 Hirundo domestica, Vieill. Now. Diet. xiv. p. 520. 



1. Adult, St. J'omingo, from the Rivoli collection. 



2. Adult, Brazil, from the same. 

 8. Adult, Cayenne, from the same. 



4. Younger, Cayenne, from the same. 

 5, 6, 7, South America, from the same. 



8, Nearly adult, Surinam. Presented by C. Hering, M. D. 



3. Progne chalyeea, (Gm.) Buff. PL Enl. 545, fg. 2. 



Hirundo cbalybea, G?n. S^st. Nat. i. p. 102G. 



1. Adult male, Panama, from Mr. Bell's collection. 

 2, 3. Adult females, Panama, from the same. 



4. Progne fusca, (Vieill.) 



Hirundo fusca, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. 510. 

 1. Adult? Brazil. 

 2, 3, 4. Adults ? South America, from the Rivoli collection. 



5. Progne tapera, (Linn.) 



Hirundo tapera, Linn. Sj/st. Nat. \. p. 345. 

 Hirundo pascuum, De Hied. Beitr. iii. p. 360. 



1. Adult? Bolivia. 



2, 3. Adults? South America, from the Rivoli collection. 



6. Progne borbonica, (Gm.) Buff. PI. Enl. 544, fig. 2. 



Hirundo borbonica, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1017. 



1. 'Adult male, Madagascar, from the Rivoli collection. 



2. Female? Madagascar, from the same. 



