WORTHINGTON: OkNITHOLOGY OK BAHAMA Isi.ANDS. 450 



nioiiiucd I)\- a local taxukTinist. She inl'tjrnu-d iiic thai he was 

 api^arently perfectly well and in good condition when caiJliired. This 

 is the first Bahainan record for this species. 



88. Hirundo erythrogastra Boddaert. Barn Swallow. 

 *Abaco. 



Four individuals noted at Spencer's Point May 4, bound northward, 

 were the only ones seen. 



89. Callichelidon cyaneoviridis (Bryant). Bahama Swallow. 

 Xew Providence, *Great Inagua, Andros, Abaco. 



A few were seen on the south shore of New Providence and near 

 Nassau in January. With the exception of a single bird observed at 

 Alfred Sound, Great Inagua, February 3, it was not again recorded 

 until our return to Nassau on April 10. Our first specimens were 

 secured at Staniard Creek, Andros, April 14, on which occasion the 

 birds appeared in numbers towards evening after a shower, circling 

 around the settlement near the houses, and exhibiting no shyness 

 whatever. Our experience on Abaco a little later on was much the 

 same. The birds would seem to lay up during the heat of the day, 

 coming out at sunset and in cloudy weather to feed, appearing in 

 dozens at certain favorable places, and remaining in evidence until 

 dusk. On one occasion (April 24) one was seen to gather a mouthful 

 of seaweed and fly out of sight directly inland, towards the pine barren. 

 Two days later, following up this clue, we discovered their breeding 

 haunts. The nests were built in cavities (after the manner of the 

 Tree Swallow), in very tall dead i)ines, fifty or more feet from the 

 ground, and were utterly inaccessible, as the trees were unsafe to 

 climb. The birds were seen lea\ing and in the vicinit\- of the holes. 

 At Spencer's Point Bahama Swallows frequented the log boom of 

 the Bahama Lumber Company, feeding around the wharf and log 

 piles daily, and so tame that on one occasion I was able to knock two 

 of them down with a stick a few feet long. 



90. Riparia riparia (Linnxus). Bank Swallow. 

 *Abaco. 



On May 10, while at the lumber dock at Spencer's Point, just 

 before leaving for Nassau, I saw two swallows which flew differently 

 from the Bahama species, and waiting until they came closer I found 

 that they were Bank Swallows. The grayish brown back, dark breast- 

 band, short square tail, and quick jerky flight were unmistakable. 

 This is the first Bahaman record for the species. 



