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in mountain region, abundant in hard wood timber of Black 

 Mountain up to 500 feet {vide Brewster, Cairns). It probable- 

 breeds in mountain region. I took a young male at Balsam 

 Station in Auijust, 1887, and saw several others. Two vouns: 

 males and one female taken at Chapel Hill in Septeml^er, 1887. 

 Both males with black wings and tail, female with wings and 

 tail dark ash. One male with black spots on crown and sca- 

 pulars, and faint tinge of reddish on interscapulars and tips of 

 upper tail coverts. Otherwise both males rich olive green on 

 u])per parts, and rich greenish yellow on lower parts. (Univ. 

 Coll.). 



'^180. (610). P. rubra (Linn.). Summer Tauager. Summer 

 visitor, generally distributed, rather rare and local in mountain 

 region. Seems to breed numerously in middle region. Two 

 females were taken at Cha[)el Hill parti-male-colored ; one 

 taken from a nest was olive-yellow below, olive-green above; 

 heavily washed on entire under parts, neck, lesser wing-coverts, 

 tail-feathers, back, except interscapulars and rump, with red; 

 crown, interscapulars, rump and wings only slightly tinged with 

 reddish. (Univ. Coll.). 



Family HIRUNDINID.E. Swallows. 



Genus Progne Boie. 



*181. (611). P. subis (Linn.). Purple Martin. Summer 

 visitor, rather rare, but sometimes common in localities, usually 

 towns and villages.* 



Genus Petrochelidon Cabanis. 



182. (612). P. lunifrons (Say). Cliff Swallow. Rare tran- 

 sient in mountain region {vide Cairns). 



Genus Chelidox Forster. 

 183.(613). C.erythrogaster(^o(\(\.). Barn Swallow. Rather 

 rare transient. 



Genus Tachyctneta Cabanis. 



184. (614). T. bicolor (Vieill.). White-bellied Swallow. 

 Rather common transient in middle and coast region. 



