1U6 HIKUNDINID^. 



March, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1863, p. 295 ; Bryant, Proc. Host. Soc. 



N. H. X. p. 222 (1866). 

 Cecropis fulva, ^o?e, /sw, 1828, p. 315, 1844, p. 173; Less. Compl. 



Buff. viii. p. 498 (1837). 

 Hirimdo melanogaster ()i£c Sivains.), Deimy, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 38. 

 Hiruudo poeciloma, Gosse, B. Jamaica'-o. 64 (1847) ; Osburn, P. Z. S. 



1865, p. 63 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 71, no. 837 (1869). 

 Herse fulva, pt., Bp. Consp. i. p. 341 (pt., 1850). 

 Hirundo corouata, Leinbeye, Av. Cuba, p. 45 (1850). 

 Petroclielidon fulva, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 47 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. 



Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 4 (1853) ; Gundl. J.f. 0. 1856, p. 3, 



& 1861, p. 328 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 72 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. 



p. 40 (1862); Baird, Revieic Amer. B. p. 291 [imb); Bryant, Proc. 



Bost. Soc. JV. H. X. p. 252 (1866) ; Gundl. Orn. Cuba, p. 82 (1876) 



Scl. ^ Salv. Nomend. Av. Neotr. p. 14 (1873) ; A. c^ E. Newt. 



Handb. Jamaica, 1881, p. 107 ; Salv. ^~ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., 



Aves, i. p. 228 (1883) ; Cory, B. S. Domingo, p. 47 (1884). 

 Petrochelidon poeciloma, Baird, Beview Amer. B. p. 292 (1865). 



Adult. General colour above glossy steel-blue, the feathers of the 

 mantle and back edged with ashy white, giving a strongly streaked 

 appearance ; wing-coverts and quills blackish, with a slight greenish 

 gloss, the inner secondaries edged with ashy whitish at the ends ; 

 lower back and rump rich chestnut ; upper tail-coverts brown with 

 a slight greenish gloss and narrowly edged with ashy whitish ; tail- 

 feathers blackish brown, slightly glossed with greenish ; crown of 

 head glossy steel-blue, separated from the mantle by a narrow collar 

 of pale rufous, followed by a second coUar of ashy brown like the 

 sides of the neck ; a broad frontal band of deep chestnut ; lores 

 velvety black, with pale rufous bases ; cheeks, sides of face, and ear- 

 coverts pale ferruginous, joining the collar round the nape ; throat 

 and chest, as weU as the sides of the body and flanks, ferruginous, 

 slightly mixed with ashy brown on the sides of the breast and flanks ; 

 vent ferruginous ; centre of breast and abdomen white ; under tail- 

 coverts ashy brown washed with rufous, darker brown before the 

 tips, which are whitish, all the feathers being broadly edged with 

 the latter colour ; under wing-coverts and axillaries smoky brown, 

 edged with rufous, more distinct near the edge of the wing ; quills 

 dusky brown below, more ashy along the inner web : " bill black; 

 feet dark grey ; iris dark Irown " (Gosse). Total length 4-8 inches, 

 culmen 0'35, wing 4-05, tail 1"75, tarsus 0-45. 



Hah. Central America, from Northern Yucatan to Panama. 

 Cuba, S. Domingo, Jamaica, Porto Eico. 



5. Petrochelidon ruficollaris. 



Hirundo ruficollaris, Peak, U.S. Expl. E.rped., Birds, p. 175 (1848) ; 

 Gi-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 71, no. 839 (1869). 



