G82 BIRDS OF SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. 



Family HIKUNDINID.E. Swallows. 



Genus PROGNE BoiE. 



212. Progne subis (Linn. ). Purple Martin. 



1 first saw this Swallow at Beeville where they arrived on February 

 14 and soon became common. I afterwards saw them at San Antonio 

 on February 27, and again at Leon Springs in March. Brown reports 

 it as a common summer resident at Boerne, arriving there February 17. 

 It is common at Corpus Christi according to Hancock. " Common in 

 all the parts of Texas that I visited during the summer" (Dresser). 



Genus PETROCHELIDON Cabaxis. 



213. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say). Cliff Swallow. 



I did not see this bird at San Antonio, but according to Dresser it is 

 common there during the summer. Brown records it as a common sum- 

 mer resident at Boerne, arriving there March 20. 



Genus CHELIDON Forster. 



214. Chelidou erythrogaster (Bodd.). Barn Swallow. 



Brown states that this swallow is a common summer resident at 

 Boerne, where it was first seen on March 4, but the '^general arrival" 

 took place on the 10th. Dresser found them common at San Antonio 

 during the summer. I did not see the bird there or elsewhere. 



Genus TACHYCINETA Cabanis. 



215. Tachycineta bicolor (Vikill.). White- bellied Swallow. 



Dresser does not appear to have observed this bird at San Antonio, 

 nor did I see it there, but Mr. George L. Toppan, of Chicago, in a letter, 

 informs me that he observed the species therein the spring of 1884. 

 Hancock notes it as a common summer resident at Corpus Christi, 

 where Sennett also saw it. 



Genus CLIVICOLA Forster. 



216. Clivicola riparia (Linn.). Bank Swallow. 



Hancock saw several Hocks of Bank Swallows at Corpus Christi, and 

 Dresser states that it is " common throughout the whole country." 



Genus STELGIDOPTERYX Baird. 



217. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (AuD.). Rough-winged Swallow. 



I found this bird at San Antonio upon two occasions only, February 24 

 and March 5. According to Dresser it is a very common summer res- 

 ident at San Antonio. He found their eggs there as early as April 25. 

 Brown saw but two at Boerne, March 3 and 4. 



