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223, part (Coahuila, Mazatlan, Guadalajara, Tepic, Guanajuato, and alpine 



reg. Vera Cruz, Mexico;(?) Belize, British Honduras). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



Brit. Mus., X, 1885, 173, 632, part (U. S. localities; Brazilian localities?; excl. 



sj^n. cnjptoleiica Baird). — ?Saia-in, Ibis, 1888, 255 (Cozumel I., May). — 



SiTAEPE and Wyatt, Men. Iliruiid., 1894, 439, part, pi. 87 (includes P. 



crijptokuca ) . 

 (?) P[rogne'] purpurea Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1845, 59. — Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 



1850, 50 (Brazil). 

 IProgne] purpurea Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 337. — Gray, Hand-list, i, 



1869, 74, no. 886.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 114, part.— Sclatek and 



Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 14, part. 

 JPtyonoprogne purpurea Boucard, Cat. Av., 1876, 335, no. 10526. 

 IHirundo'] riolacea GuEhis, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 1026 (based on Hirondelle de la 



Loxiisiane Daubenton, PI. Enl., pi. 722). — Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 574. 

 Cecropis violacea. Boie, Isis, 1828, 316. — Lesson, Compl. Buffon, viii, 1837, 498. 

 Hinindo cxrulea Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1807, 27, pis. 26, 27. — Lesson, 



Traits d'Orn., 1831, 269. 

 Hirundo versicolor YiE,iLhor, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xiv, 1817, 509 (based on 



H. purpurea Linnseus and H. violacea Gmelin) ; Enc. Meth., ii, 1823, 522. 

 Hirundo ludoviciana Cuvier, Regne Anim., i, 1817, 374. 

 Progne elegans, part, Baird, Review Am. Birds, May, 1865, 275 (adult male 



from Bahia, Brazil). 

 Progne subis crrjptoleuca {not Progne cri/ptoleuca Baird) Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 325 



(s. Florida, north to Tarpon Springs; crit.). 

 Progne cryptoleuca (not of Baird) Scott, Auk, ix, 1892, 213 (Caloosahatchie R., 



Florida, breeding). 

 Progne suhis Jloridana Mearxs, Proc. U. S. Nat. ]Mus., xxiv, no. 1274, 1902, 918 



(Lake Kissimmee, Florida; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



PROGNE SUBIS HESPERIA Brewster. 

 WESTERN MARTIN. 



Similar to P. s. suhis^ the adult male not distinguishable as to color- 

 ation, ])ut averao-ing slightly smaller (except l)ill and feet); adult female 

 nuich paler than that of /*. ,s'. suhis, the under parts more extensively 

 white, with chin and throat nearl;^^ uniform grayish white or pale gray, 

 the darker gray feathers of chest with ver}- Inroad margins of very 

 pale gray or grayish white, the "hoary" (white or very pale grayish) 

 of forehead more extensive, invading the crown to a greater or less 

 extent, and the pale graj^ish or grayish white collar round hindneck 

 more distinct. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 168-206 (180.6); wing, 138-153 (145.5); 

 tail, 67-79 (73.3), forked for 16-23 (19.7); exposed culmen, 10-12 (11.7); 

 width of bill at frontal antia% 8-9.5 (8.4); tarsus, 14-15.5 (15.1): middle 

 toe, 16-18 (17).« 



Adulf female.— Length (skins), 160-193 (177); wmg. 135-147 (141); 

 tail, 65-74.5 (69.7), forked for 14-20 (17.1); exposed culmen, 10-12 



« Twenty specimens. 



