FAM. XL SWALLOWS 



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B. Throat and breast brownish ; belly white. 7. Rough-winged Swallow. 

 B. All under parts white 5. Tree Swallow. 



C. Throat chestnut or black ; upper tail coverts reddish 



"*. 3. Cliff Swallow. 



C. All under parts white 5. Tree Swallow. 



1. Purple Martin (611. Prdgne subis). — A large, shining, 

 blue-black swallow, with a notched tail. The female is not 

 so glossy on the back ; and her throat, 

 breast, and sides are brownish-gray, 

 and her belly white. It nests in boxes, 

 gourds, etc., near human habitations, 

 and is very common throughout the Kv%, 

 Southern States. 



Length, 8 ; wing, 5f (5i-6|) ; tail, S] ; 

 forked, | ; culmen, i. North America from 

 Mexico to Ontario, wintering from Mexico to 

 South America. 



2. Cuban Martin (611. 1. Prdgne crypto- 

 leuca). — A Florida and Cuban species, 

 very much like the last in habits and 

 appearance, but if the belly feathers are 

 opened, there will be found a broad, 

 white spot on each. The female has 

 the neck, chest, and sides a sooty- Pimple Martin 

 brown, changing abruptly to the white of the belly and under 



tail coverts. 



Length, 7^; wing, 5.^- 

 ^^^^ (5f-5|); tail,"3i. South- 



^ --<^Bi^^^^^«^E^Ki ern Florida and Cuba. 



3. Cliff Swallow 

 (612. PetrocMlidon Ui- 

 nifrons). — A steel- 

 blue-backed swallow, 

 ^^■f \^ . . ^^^^^^i "^vith a white fore- 

 head, much chestnut 

 on the neck, pale 

 Cliff Swallow brownish above the 



