480 Ci'PSELID.I. 



9. Cli3Btura pelagica. 



Hirundo pelagica, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 192 (1758). 



L'Hirondelle de la Caroline, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 501 (1760). 



Hirundo pelas<ria,i!/i??. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 345 (1766); Gni. Syst. 



Nat. ii. p. 1023 (1788) ; Wils. Am. Orn. v. p. 48, pi. xxxix. 



(1812) : Vieill. Now. Diet. xiv. p. 512 (1817); Steph. Gen. Zool. 



X. p. 129 (1817). 

 Cn)selus pelasgius, Wied, Beitv. iii. p. 347 (1830) ; Aud. Orn. Bioc/r. 



"ii. p. 329 (1834). 

 Hemiprocne pelasgia, Streuhel, Isis, 1848, p. 363. 

 Acanthylis pelasgia, Bp. Consp. i. p. 64 (1850). 

 Chretura pelasgia, Baird, B. N. Amer. p 144 (1858) ; Scl. Cat. 



Amer. B. p. 282 (1862); Scl. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 100, 1865, p. 610; 



id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 132 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. m QSOD) ; Salv. 



Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 372 (1882) ; id. Ibis, 1889, p. 307 (Uozumel) ; 



Jeffries, Auk, vi. p. 120 (1889). 

 Chaetura jwlagica, Baird, Breic, 4* Ridgw. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 432 



(1874) ; Scott, Auk, i. p. 161 (1884) ; Brewster, Auk, iii. p. 105 



(1886) ; Fox, Auk, iii. p. 319 (1886) ; Chadbourne, Auk, iv. p. 104 



(1887) ; Langdon, ibid. p. 130 ; Eidg^v. M. N. Amer. B. p. 303 



(1887); Richmond, Auk, v. p. 21 (1888) ; Chapman, ibid. p. 272; 



Scott, Auk, vi. p. 252 (1889) ; Pindar, ibid. p. 314. 



Adult. Dark sooty greyish, head and wings darker and with 

 metallic gloss, rump and upper tail-coverts paler ; lower parts sooty 

 greyish, darker to the vent and under tail-coverts, whitisli grey on 

 the chin and throat ; under wing-coverts like the abdomen. Total 

 length about 5 inches, wing 5-1, tail 1-9. 



Young birds have narrow whitish edges to the secondaries. 



Rab. Eastern parts of North America, north to Labrador, west to 

 the edge of the great plains, south, in winter, to Mexico ; also 

 Vancouver's Island. 



a. c? ad. sk. N. America. Gould Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. N. America. Audubon Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Vancouver's Island. 



d. (S ai. sk. Fort Dufferiu, June (2)«2(;so/i). N. A. B. Commission. 



e. Ad. sk. New Brims wick (Osburn). Sclater Coll. 



f. 2 ad. sk. Waukegan, 111., May 26 {R W. Salvm-Godman Coll. 



Nelson). 



g. S ad. sk. Illinois, July {H. K. Coale). ■ Sharpe Coll. 



A. c? ; «'• $ ad. sk. Locust Grove, N. Y., May, Salviu-Godman Coll. 



June {H. C. Merriam). 

 k, I. 5 ad. sk. Lowville, N. Y. {A. J. Dayan). Salvlu-Godman Coll. 

 ?rt. S ad. sk. Washington, D. C. (Smithson. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Inst), 

 n-p. Imm. sk. ; Washington, D. C, July (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 q-t. (S ad. sk. ; W. Henshaio). 



u-.v. 5 ad. sk. 

 y. 2 ad. sk. Indiana, July {H. K. Coale). Sharps Coll. 



; «'. c? 2ad.sk. Grantville and Belmont, Massa- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



chusetts {Henshaw Coll.). 

 b'. Ad. sk. California. Lord Walsingham 



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