690 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Aeronautes melanoleucus Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 459. — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1892, 368. — Anthony, Zoe, 

 iv, 1893, 237 (San Pedro Martir Mts., etc., and Coronados Islands, Lower 

 California); Auk, xii, 1895, 139 (San Fernando, Lower California; breed- 

 ing). — American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, x, 1893, 62; 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 425; 3d ed., 1910, 201.— Bendire, Life Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 185.— Dawson, Wilson Bull., no. 10, 1896, 4 (Colum- 

 bia R. gorge, Okanogan Co., Washington); Auk, xiv, 1897, 175 (Okanogan 

 Co., Washington). — Grinnell, Pub. 1, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1897, 9 (San 

 Nicolas I., California), 15 (San Clemente I., breeding); Pub. 2, 1898, 27 (Los 

 Angeles Co., resident).— Cooke, Bull. Col. Agr. Coll., no. 37, 1897, 86 (Colo- 

 rado, breeding from 6,000 to at least 12,000 ft.). — Merriam, North Am. Fauna, 

 no. 16, 1899, 117 (Mt. Shasta, California).— Cary, Auk, xviii, 1901, 234 (Black 

 Hills, Wyoming, breeding). — Oberholser, Auk, xix, 1902, 300 (Chisos, 

 Guadalupe, and Davis mountains, w. Texas). — Bailey (Florence M.), 

 Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 232; Condor, ix, 1907, 169-172 (Capistrano, 

 San Jacinto Mts., s. California; breeding habits). — Brewster, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., xli, 1902, 112 (Sierra de la Laguna, Lower California; crit., 

 etc.). — SwARTH, Pacific Coast Avif., no. 4, 1904, 16 (Huachuca Mts., Arizona; 

 habits). — Richardson, Condor, vi, 1904, 135 (Piute Mts., Calif.). — Mont- 

 gomery, Auk, xxii, 1905, 14 (Green Gulch, Brewster Co., Texas). — Kaeding, 

 Condor, vii, 1905, 134 (Guadalupe Island, flock, March 25). — Sharp, Condor, 

 ix, 1907, 88 (San Diego Co., California, breeding). — Preble, North Am. 

 Faima, no. 27, 1908, 390 (15 m. s. of Henry House, s. w. Alberta, 1 spec, 

 July). — Richardson, Condor, x, 1908, 66 (Santa Catalina Is., California). — 

 Linton, Condor, x, 1908, 84 (San Clemente I.), 127 (Santa Cruz I., Dec.).— 

 Bowles, Condor, x, 1908, 192 (Lake Chelan, Washington, breeding). — 

 Hanna, Condor, xi, 1909, 77-81 (breeding habits, etc.; descr. nest and 

 eggs). — Wright, Condor, xi, 1909, 100 (Coronados Islands, Lower Cali- 

 fornia). — Brooks, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 62 (Vaseux Lake, Okanogan Distr., 

 Brit. Columbia).— VisHER, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 148 (badlands of w. South 

 Dakota). — Kermode, Prov. Mus. Vict., 1909, 51 (Keremos and Okanogan, 

 Brit. Columbia). 



A[eronautes] melanoleucus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 303. — 

 Hartert, Das Tierreich, Podarg., Caprim., Macropt., 1897, 83 



{Aeronautes] melanoleucus Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 94. 



Genus PANYPTILA Cabanis. 



Panyptila"' Cabanis, Wiegm. Archiv fiir Naturg., xiii, 1847, i. 345. (Type, 



Hirundo cayancnsis Gmelin.) 

 Pseudoprocne Streubel, Isis, 1848, 357. (Type, Hirundo cayanensis Gmelin.) 



Similar to Aeronautes, but with tail much more deeply forked 

 (for at least half its length), the lateral rec trices attenuated, toes 

 more densely feathered, and plumage of pileum and under parts soft 

 and blended. 



Outermost (tenth) primary acuminate, shorter than ninth but 

 longer than eighth; tail about half as long as wing, forked for half 

 its length or more, the lateral rectrices attenuated terminally; tarsus 

 much longer than anterior toes, very stout; middle and inner toes 



o "navint'doc, gans befiedert, von ttAw, gar sehr, sehr viel, valde; izxcXov, Gefieder." 

 (Cabanis.) 



