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considerably than the front), etc. The tarsi are longer in proportion, 

 being absolutely of the same length, while the feet are much weaker 

 and the toes shorter. 



Locality. 



When 

 Collected. 



Received from 



Collected by 



Bemedios, Cuba. 

 Cuba. 



April 4, '64. 

 May, 1863. 



N. H. Bishop. 

 Dr. J. Gundlach. 

 Cab. Lawrence. 



Petrocbelidon pceciloma. 



Hirundo pcecUoma, GossE, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 64. 



Petrochelidon fulva, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, 72.— Ib. Catal. 1861, 40, no. 



245 (Jamaica). — Hirundo fulva, March, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1863, 295 



(nesting). 

 Hah. Jamaica. 



Similar to preceding, but smaller ; chestnut color darker. Chestnut of 

 sides very decided, and continuous with that on breast and crissum. 



(No. 24,381.) Total length, 4.50; wing, 4.15 ; tail, 2.05; fork, .10: differ- 

 ence between 1st and 9th quills, 1.95 ; length of bill from forehead, .35, from 

 nostril, .20, along gape, .55 ; tarsus, .48 ; middle toe and claw, .64 ; hind toe 

 and claw, .38. 



A series of specimens from Jamaica differs from Cuban in being 

 rather smaller in size, and in having the chestnut brown of the under 

 parts considerably deeper and more marked, extending along the 

 sides of the body so as to be continuous with that of the sides of the 

 rump. The chestnut nuchal collar, also, is more distinct. A young 

 bird from Jamaica differs from the adult in lacking the frontal band 

 almost entirely, and in having a whitish chin. I have not had an 

 opportunity of examining the St. Domingan species, but would not 

 be surprised if it proved different from those of Cuba and Jamaica. 



A closely allied species is the P. ruficollaris, of Peale.* 



' Petrochelidon ruficollaris. 



Hirundo ruficollaris, Peale, Mammals and Birds U. S. Expl. Exped. 

 1848, 175. 

 Hab. Peru. 



Head above and back glossy blue-black. Rump above and on sides, fore 

 part of the breast, and sides of body beneath the wings, chestnut, as also an 

 indistinct nuchal half collar. Chin, throat, sides of head below the eyes, and 

 rest of under parts, white ; the crissum tinged with rufous anteriorly, the long 

 feathers grayish-brown, edged with whitish. Wings and tail dull brown, the 



