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2. Massachusetts, 2'Jth xMav. W. RiidclilTo Sauudcis, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. East Providence, liliode lalaud, W. IJadcliffe Sauudeis, Esq. 



26tli May. [P.]. 



2. Conuecticut. Crowley Bequest. 



Petrochelidon swainsoni, Scl. 



Petroclielidon swamsoni, Salv. Sr Godm, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Avex, i. 

 p. 227 (1883) ; SharjK, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 194 (1885) ; id. <f- 

 Wyatt, Mon. Hirnndinidce, ii. p. 555 (1885-94) ; Nchrk. Kat. Eicr- 

 samml. p. 87 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901). 



The eggs of Swainson's ClifF-Swallow resemble the coarsely 

 marked eggs of P. jujrvhonota. Three examples measure respec- 

 tively : -85 by -55 ; -82 by -56 ; -83 by -6. 



1. Valladolid, Yucatan ((?«!««.«•). Gould Coll. 



2. Yucatan. Crowley Bequest. 



Petrochelidon fulva ( Vie ill). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 5.) 



Ilirundo poeciloma, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 64 (1847). 



Petrochelidon fulva, Sulv. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 228 

 (1883) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 195 (1885) ; id. ^ Wyatt, 

 Mon. JIiru?idinid(e, 'n.\). BiJi (1885-94); Nelirk. Kat. Biersamvd. 

 p. 87 (1899) ; Skarjie, Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901). 



The eggs of the Caribbean Cliff-Swallow are of a white colour, 

 delicately speckled all over with chestnut, umber-brown, and 

 lavender. They measure from '74 to -8 in length, and from '52 to 

 •6 in breadth. 



2. Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Jamaica. W. Radclitie Saunders, Esq. 



LP-]- 



3. Jamaica, 3rd June {W. Osborne: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. St. Thomas, .Jamaica, 9th Juno Crowley Bequest. 



(C. B. Taylor). 



Petrochelidon spilodera (Sundev.). 



Petrochelidon spilodera, Sharpe, ed. Zai/ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 357 

 (1875-84) ; Butler, Feilden ^- Reid, Zo(d. 1882, p. 249 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. x. p. 198 (1885) ; id. ^- Wyatt, Mon. Ilirundinidcs, ii. 

 p. 573 (188-5-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Biersamml. p. 87 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901) ; Stark S( Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, 

 ii. p. 304 (1901). 



The eggs of the South-African Cliff-Swallow resemble those of 

 P. pyrrlionota. They measure from -75 to -87 in length, and from 

 •56 to "58 in breadth. 



