3. TACHTCINETA. . 121 



e,f- 6 2 ad. sk. Vancouver Island, R. B. Sharpe, Esq fP 1 



May 10 {A. Forrer). ^'^ "-■■ 



ff. 2 ad. sk. Colorado {H. K. Coale). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. \V 1 



A.? ad. 8k. Fort Garland, Colorado, U.S. Nat. Museum ,P T 



June 5 {H. W. Hen- ^ ^' 



shaw). 



i. 6 ad. sk. Colorado Springs, Colo- U.S. Nat. Museum TP 1 



rado. May 31 {H. W. 



Henshaio). 



k. d ad. sk. Big Trees, California, Aug. U.S. Nat. Museum TP 1 



(Z. Beldituj). '- ■-'■ 



« ^h^\ ^^ljf°™!^- Hugh Cuming, Esq. 



T^^Adsk. California. J. Gould, Esq ^ 



n. Pull. sk. FortDefiance.New Mexico, U.S. Nat. Museum TP 1 



July {R. Ridqway). '" '-'■ 



o,p. S $ ad. sk. Presidio, near Mazatlan, R. B. Sharpe, Esq TP 1 



March 4 (.-1. Forrer). H L -J- 



q. 6 ad. sk. Puebla, Mexico, March Gould Collection. 



(A. Boucnrcl). 



r, s. Ad. St. Mexico. Purchased 



t. Ad. sk. Mexico {De Saussure). Sclater Collection. 



Tachycineta cyaneoviridis. 



Baliama Isl. p. 79 (1880). 

 Callichelidon cyaneoviridis, Baird, Review Amer. B p 297 dSGS) 

 Hirundo (GaUichelidon) cyaneoviridis, Baird, Brezver,& RidL Hist 



N. Amer. B. i. p. 337, note (1874). ' ^ ' 



Adult male (Nassau, Bahamas, June 16, 1879 • C B Corv-^ 

 General colour above oil-green with a steel-blue gloss,' the latter more 

 pronounced on the lower rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts 

 blackish, externaHy steel-blue or bluish green, the least series greener 

 and more like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quiUs 

 blackish, externaUy glossed with steel-blue, the secondaries rather 

 brighter s eel-blue, and green on their edges ; tail much forked, the 

 feathers black glossed mth steel-blue ; head and neck like the back 



ll. Ki 1 ''^' "^ ^^ 'T^ '^"'^ 'Wer margin of the ear-coverts ] 

 lores blackish, as also the feathers immediately below the eve • 

 cheeks ear-coverts, and entire under surface of body white, including 

 WV ^ ^'^'"^r'r'? 'r*^ '^^"^""' = ^^^^^ °f ^PPe^ breast like the 

 ?on\; ^'o t''^^' }'^'^'- "™ ^""^ ^^'^* ^^^^^" iGory). Total 

 length 5-9 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 4-6, tail 3, tarsus O-ls. 



Differs from r. thahmlnus by its strongly forked tail and larger 



tS/'' Iff f "'? '^ *^^ ^^"'^ ^P°*^ ^^"^^ the eye, and in the 

 totally different colour of the upper parts, in which there is an 

 absolute absence of any purplish shade. 



You.g (Nassau ; C B. Cory). Brown above with a strong lustre 

 ot oily green a little more pronounced on the back and wino-- 

 coverts ; head and upper tail-coverts more sooty brown, as also the 

 upper margin of the ear-coverts; cheeks, ear-coverts, and under 



