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(lie to tlie end of Septeuiber, a lew stragglers reinaiiiiiig until 

 the end of Oetober. 



Family HIRUNDINID.E. 



24S. Progne subis Linn. J'uipJc M<nihi . 



A common summer resident and breeding. Tliis species 

 seems to inaugurate, as well as speed tlie annual migration, 

 for it is the first migrant to arrive and the last to leave. The 

 earliest date of its arrival that I have been able to note was 

 ou January 29, 1890; the next earliest: January 31, 1894, and 

 February 7, 1897. The latest date of departure, October 22, 

 1894. 

 S!49. Petrochelidon lunifrons Siiy. (Uiff Swallow. 



A fairly common migrant. 1 have, however, every reason 

 to believe that this species breeds in limited numbers in Louisi- 

 ana, as I have secured s])ecimen.s in New Orleans as early as 

 August 2, whose i)lumage was too immature to have stood the 

 test of migration. 



250. liirundo erythrogaster Bodd. Bain Smdlow. 



Until recently, this si)ecies Avas not thought to breed in 

 the state,- but according to Mr. H. H, Kopmaii and Mr. A. U. 

 Blakemore it does so in the vicinity of New Orleans as well 

 as along the coast, eastward. It arrives within our jnecinBts 

 in March (March 20, 18'J4 — so far, the earliest date), and gen- 

 erally leaves in October. Mr. Blakemore saw it as late as 

 November 3, 1895, and Messrs. Kopman and Allison on tlie 

 same date in 189G. Concerning the movemeutsof this species 

 Mr. Kopman furnishes mo with the following Interesting 

 note: "Barn Swallow — xVugust 4 — Many males were passing, 

 following the coast; these birds went singly. August 11 — A 

 second Hight began; the birds, this time, went in loose flocks 

 and were principally females and young. The species doubt- 

 lessly breeds in the vicinity of Beauvoir." 



251 . Tachycineta bicolor Viell. Wliilc-bclliid Swallow. 



The most abundant of all our swallows; it occurs every- 

 where in the state, and at all times of the year. It feeds on 

 Myrica ccrifera, and is called "Cirier" in the markets of New 

 Orleans, where it is sold abundantly. 



252. Clivicola riparia Linn. Jiank Swallow. 



A regular summer resident in some sections of the state 

 wherever high river-banks aiford nesting places, 



