426 SYNONYMY OF PETROCHELIDON LUNIFRONS 



in the different genus Eylochelidon Gould. Several species of 

 true Petrochelidon occur in Central and South America and the 

 West Indies, the actual number being in question. Pending 

 satisfactory answer, I continue to present our Cliff or Eave 

 Swallow, lunifrons of Say, as distinct from the West Indian 

 fulva of Vieillot, though not quite satisfied of specific distinc- 

 tion in this case ; but I have little hesitation in assigning the 

 Mexican P. sicainsoni Scl. (= melanogaster Sw.) as a synonym. 

 F.poeciloma of Jamaica and P. rnjicollaris of Peru are closely 

 related. 



The Eave, CUff", or Crescewt SwaMow 



Petrocbelidon lunifrons* 



HirundO, 35, Forst. Philos. Trans. Isii. 111-2, 408 (Severn Kiver). 



Hirundo lunifrons, Say, " Long's Esped. R. Mts. ii. 18i3, 47 ".—Sw. <£ Rich. FBA. ii. 1831, 

 331.— irew. Pr. Bost. Soc. 1852, 270 (habits).— TFood/t. Rep. ZuBi & Colo. R. 1853, 64.— 

 Cass. Illust B. Cal. and Tex. 1855, 2i3.—Haym. Pr. Phila. Acad. 1856, 287 (Indiana).— 

 Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. vi. 1857, 148.— Brew. N. A. Oiil. 1857, 94, pi. 5, f.. 68-73.— iVew6. 

 PRRR. vi. 1857, 78.— Bd. BNA. 1858, 309.— Xant. Pr. Phila. Acad. 1859, 191 (California).— 

 Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1859, 106 (New Mexico).— Ooop. d- Suck. NHWT. 1860, 124.— 

 TFAeat. Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 374.— iJam. Smiths. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 436 

 (Pennsylvania).— Cowes <£ Prent. Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 1862, 40d.—Rayd. Tr. Amer. 

 Philos. Soc. xii. 1862, 161.— Boardm. Pr. Bost. Soc. ix. 1862, 125 (Maine).— Verr. Pr. Bost. 

 Soc.ix. 1862, 137 (Anticosti).— Ferr.Pr. Ess. Inst. iii. 1862, 148 (Maine).— Terr. Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. ix. 1863, 276 (on the migrations, &c.).—Blak. Ibis, 1863, 64 (Saskatchewan).— 

 Lord, Pr. Roy. Arty. Inst. Woolwich, iv. 1864, 116 (British Columbia).— AZZ«n, Pr. Ess. 

 Inst iv. 1864, 65. — Ooues, Ibis, 1865, 159, 163 (New Mexico and Arizona).— Dres*. Ibis, 



1865, 479 (Texas).- Cowes, Ibis, 1866, 263 (Colorado River).— Jlfcliwr. Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 



1866, 86 (Canada West).— iawr. Ann. Lye. N. T. viii. 1866, 285 — Lai/ard, Birds of 

 South Africa, 1867, 55 (Africa! spec, identified by Hartlaub). — Brew. Am. Nat. i. 



1867, 122.— fl^ar/m. Cox's Geol. Surv. Indiana, 1809,218 (abundant since 1849).— (7ooi>. 

 Am. Nat. iii. 1869, 33 (Missouri River, "in swarms").- yimift. B. E. Pa, 1869, 19; 

 Phila. ed. l^.-Dall <£ Barm. Tr. Chic. Acad. i. 1869, 279 (Alaska).— Coop. B. Cal. i. 1870, 

 104.— Stev. Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. for 1870, 1871, 463.— Coop. Am. Nat. iv. 1871, 

 158.- Woodh. Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 173 (albino) .—Allen, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 274.— Aitew, 

 BulL MCZ. iii. 1872, 176 (Colorado, up to timber-line).- /Scot^ Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 

 223.— Triple, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1873, 235.— ^emc*. Bull. Ess. Inst. v. 1873, — (Grand 

 Mennti). —Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 5.— Iferr. Ann. Rep. TJ. S, Geol. Surv. Terr, for 1872, 

 1873, 706— Coop. Am. Nat. viii. 1874, n.—Coues, Am. Nat. viii. 1874, 509.—Eirtl. Pr. 

 Cleveland Acad. 1874, 268 (Ohio). 



* Some references to the " fulva " of the West Indies, a form scarcely if 

 at all different, are as follows : — 



nirnndo fulva, Vieill. " OAS. i. 1807, 62, pi. 32 " (San Domingo).— F. N. D. d'H. N. xiv. 1817, 

 521.— r. EM. ii. 182.3, 527, n. 37.—Steph. Gen. Zool. x. 1817, IHG.—Thienem. J. f. 0. 1857, 

 149 (Cuba ; egg).- Ctc6. Vog. 1860, 74, f. 126 (in part).-.' JTarcA, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1863, 

 295 (Jamaica).— Urj/. Pr. Bost. Soc. x. 1866, 222 (Porto Rico). 



Cecropis fulva, Boie, Isis, 1844, 175. 



Petrocbelidon fulva, (7a6. MH. i. 18.^0, 47.— CwndJ.J. f. 0. 1856, 3 (Cuba).— TJrew. Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. vii. 1860, 306 (Cuba).— ttmdi. J. f. O. 1861, 328 (Cuba).— ?ScJ. Cat. AB. 1861, 40 

 (.Jamaica).— ?Sd. PZS. 1861, 72.— I>'d. Rev. AB. 1865,291 (Cuba). 



? Hirundo pariloma, Oosse, B. Jam. 1847, 64. 



? Petrochelidon piFCiloma, Bd. Rev. AB. 1864, 292. 



