CIIAEACTERS OF PETROCHELIDON LUNIFSONS 427 



Cecropis Umifrons, Boie, Isis, 18-:28, 315; 1844, 175. 



Petrochelidon luaifrons, —}—Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. 18C1, 317 (New Grenada).— 

 Sd. Cat. AB. 1862, 40.— Bd. Rov. AB. 18G5, 288.— Cowgs, Pr. Pbila. Acad. 1866, 72 

 (Arizona) —Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1803, 276 (Xcw England).- Cortes, Key, 1672, 114.— 

 Trippe, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 48.— Aiken d: Holden, Pr. Bost. Soc. sv. 1872, 197.— Jfaj/n. 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. xiv. 1872, 369 (New England).— JTerr. Ann. Kep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, 

 for 1872, 1873, 676, 713.— Comm, BNW. 1874, eS.—Bidgio. Am. Nat vi:i. 1874, 200.— 

 B. B. £ R. NAB. i. 1874, 334, pi. IG, f. 13.— Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1875, 440.— Nels. 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1875, 339 (Utah).— Tarr. t£- Hensh. Eep. Orn. Specs. 1874, n.—H<7ish. 

 List B. Ariz. 1875, loS.— Hensh. Zeol. Espl. ^Y. 100 Mend. Ib75, -ilo.— Hensh. Kep. Orn. 

 Specs. 1874, 42, 60, 75, 104.— Gantry, Life-Hist. 1876, 100.— Minot. BNE. 1877, 144.— 

 McCauky, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iii. n. 3, 1877, 662 {Toxas).—Eidgw. Eep. Snrv. 40th 

 Par. iv. 1877, 440. 



HIrundO opifex, De WM Clint. Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. 1824,161. 



Hirtindo respublicana, Aud. Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. 1824, 164. 



HirundO flllva, De Witt Clint. Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. 1824, 156.— Bp. AO. i. 1825, 63, pi. 7, f. 1.— 

 Bp. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 1826, 64.— Less. Tr. Orn. 1831, 270.— Atid. OB. i. 1831, 353, pi. 58.— 

 Nutt. Man. i. 1832, 603.— Ornith. Comm. Journ. Phila. Acad. vii. 1837, 193 (Columbia. 

 Elver).— Bp. CGL. 1838, O.—Peah. Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 345— Towns. Journ. Phila. 

 Acad. viii. 1839, 155.— Awd. BA. i. 184U, 177, pi. 4T.-Giraud, BLL 1844, 38.— Gam6. Pr. 

 Phila. Acad. iii. 1846, 110 (California).- Deiiny. PZS. 1847, 31.—Thowps. Vermont, 

 1853, 97.— JUoj/, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1853, 301.— Bead, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1853, 401 —ffejiri/, 

 Pr. Phila. Acad. 185.5, .308 (New Mexico). -iTewuc. Tr. Illinois Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 581.— 

 Pratten, ibid. 600.— PMfw. Pr. Ess. Inst. i. 1856, 205.— jlfaxim. J. f. 0. 1858, 100.— Heerm. 

 PEER. X. 1859, 36. 



Htrundo fulVUS, Willis, Smiths. Kep. for 1858, 1859, 281 (Nova Scotia). 



Herse fulva, Bp. CA. i. 1850, 3J1 (in part at least). 



Petrochelidon fulra, Bp. Compt. Eend. xxxviii. 1854, 650 (in part at least). 



HirundO melanogaster, Sw. Philos. Ma?, i. 1827, 366 ; Isis, 1834, 783 (name inept). 



Petrofhclidoa melanogastra, Cah. MIX. i. 1850, 47. 



HirundO swaiasoni, Sd. PZS. 1858, 296 (Oaxaca) ; 1859, 376 (Oixaca. Mere change of 

 name from melanogaster) .—Bd. Eev. AB. 186.5, 290.— /SaZy. Ibis, 1866, 192 (Guatemala). 



Petroclielidon swainsonii, ,Sc?. Cat. AB. 1862, 40. 



PetrocSeJidon swainsoni, Lawr. Bull. Nat. Mus. n. 4, 1876, 17 (Tehuantepec). 



HirundO coronata, Licht. "Mus. Berol." 



Wtiite-fronted Swallow, Sw. £ Rich. 1. c. 



Republiran or Cliff Swallow, Aud. 1. c. 



Rocky mountain Swallow, Hazard, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1851, 141 (habits). 



Cliff Swallow, Eave Swallow, Authors. 



Hab — North America, at large, breeding in suitable localities. North to 

 Severn River (Forster, 1772) aud the Arctic Ocean; northeast to Nova 

 Scotia ( Vieillof, 1823) ; northwest to the Yukon. Wrougly supposed to have 

 lately migrated into the Eastern United States. South through Mexico to 

 Panama at least (resident Mexican birds ^swainsoHJ), ?Not West. Indies 

 (^/uha Vieillot). 



Ch. sp. — (J 9 DorsOy pileo, et macula gulari ehalyheis ; fronte 

 albicanfe ; gula, lateribus capitis, tectricibiis caudalihus superiori- 

 hits ritjis ; infra brunneo-grisea, abdomine albieante. 



(? 9 » adult : Back and top of head, with a spot on the throat, deep lus- 

 trous steel-blue, that of the crown and back separated by a grayish nuchal 

 collar. Froutlet white or brownish-white. Shorter upper tail-coverts 

 rufous. Chin, throat, aud sides of head intense rufous, sometimes ijurplish- 

 cliestnut, prolonged around the side of the nape. Under parts dull grayish- 

 Lrowu, with usually a rufous tinge (rusty-gray), and dusky shaft-lines, 



