HIRVNDINW.E. 457 



paler and more orange (very nearly the tint of rcdleail), the 

 rump and ground-color of back olivc-graj-ish, and wing-bands 

 pure white. Adult female with yellow of lower jDarts and olivo 

 of upper parts much paler. Length (of male, before skinning) 

 8.25, wing 3.S5-3.95, tail 3.30-3.50, exposed culmen .70-.75, 

 depth of bill at base .38-.42. Hab. Tres Marias Islands, western 

 Mexico. P. flammea Ridgw. Tres Marias Tanager.' 



6'. TTing less than 3.00. [Adult nuiles rich scarlet-vermilion, the lores, scapu- 

 lai-s, wings, and tail deep blade, the wings with two broad bands of 

 pure white across tips of middle and greater coverts. Adult females 

 bright olive-green above, yellow beneath ; wings and tail graj-ish 

 dusk}-, with olive edgings, the former with two white bands, as in 

 males.) 

 c". With narrower wing-bands ; adult male with the red a lighter, more 

 scarlet, tint; adult females with the yellow and olive less deep; 

 length (skins) about 5.10-5.50, wing 2.65-2.85, tail 2.30-2.55. Hab. 

 Southern Mexico (north to Jalapa, Valley of Mexico, etc.), Guate- 

 mala, and Salvador. 



P. leucoptera Trtjdeait. White-winged Tanager.s 



(f. With broader wing-bands ; adult males with the red of a darker tint 



(almost carmine on upper parts) ; adult females with the yellow and 



olive more intense ; length (skins) about 4.90-5.20, wing 2.65-2.85, 



tail 2.35-2.55. Hab. Costa Eica and Yeragua. 



P. leucoptera latifasciata Ridgw. Broad-banded Tanager.' 



Fa.mily HIRUNDINIDiE.— The S\v.\llows. (Page 322.) 



Genera. 



rt". Nostrils opening directly upward, and with very little membrane bordering the 

 inner edge, 

 i'. Wing 5.00, or more ; tail decidedly forked (for much more than length of 

 tarsus) ; adult males (of North American and some tropical species) 

 entirely glossy blue-black. (Largest of the Swallows.) 



Progne. (Page 458.) 



6'. Wing decidedly less than 5.00 ; tail nearly even (forked for much less than 



length of tarsus) ; adults (sexes alike in color) not black beneath. 



c'. Upper parts parti-colored, the crown and back blue-black, forehead 



whitish or rusty brown, rump cinnamon or bufFy ; throat and sides 



of head chestnut, rest of lower parts whitish medially, grayish 



brown laterally ; edge of outer quill normal. 



Petrochelidon. (Page 459.) 



' Now species; typo, No. 50S24, <f ad., Tres Marins; Col. A. J. Grayson. (Four jpecimeDS — two adults of 

 each sex.) 



' Pi/rangn lencnptcra Xrudead, Jour. Ac. Sci. Phil. viii. 1839, 160. 

 ' New subspecies. 



