PROGNE. 285 
hoary collar. Epigastrium with a median line of rounded 
brown spots”. - : - é : : ° mEuUsci 
1 Progne fusca. 
Hirundo fusca, Vie1tu. Nouv. Dict. XIV, 1817, 510.—Is. Encycl. Méth. 
II, 529 (based on Golondrina de la parda, Azaxa, Apunt. II, 1805, 
505, no. 301, Paraguay ).—Progne fusca, Cas. Mus. Hein. I, 1850-1 
(not of Gray De 
Hab. Region of the Parana. 
(No. 12,042, 4.) In coloration and markings an almost exact reproduction 
of Cotyle riparia, although much larger. Above rather light smoky brown, 
without metallic lustre; the rump not paler than the back; the quills and 
tail feathers considerably darker, their upper surfaces with a faint greenish 
gloss. All the smaller feathers above with paler edges. Beneath pure white ; 
the sides of body and breast, lining of wings, tibie, and a pectoral band, 
» brown like the back, the latter glossed with whitish. Feathers along median 
line of belly, from pectoral band almost to vent, with large, somewhat con- 
cealed rounded blotches of brown, especially on the inner webs. Side of the 
neck, with its lower half hoary white, this color extending round above so as 
to form a nuchal band, but narrower, and much obscured with brown. Feathers 
of crissum and chin, including their shaft, pure white from base. Bill and 
legs apparently dark brown. 
The boundary between the white and brown on the side of head is in a line 
with the commissure, though even below this and on the side of lower jaw 
the feathers are tinged with brown. The smaller under wing coverts, and the 
feathers along the edge of the wing inside, are rather broadly margined with 
white. 
(No. 16,341.) Total length, 6.50; wing,4.85 ; tail, 3.00; depth of fork, .32; 
difference of primaries, 2.35 ; length of bill from forehead, .61, from nostril, 
-34; along gape, .85; tarsus, .54: middle toe and claw, .75; claw alone, .25; 
hind toe and claw, .50; claw alone, .24. 
The specimens here described, from Capt. Page’s collection, are labelled 
“Brazils,” but were probably taken on the Parana River, in the interior of 
the country, and in the region of Azara’s species. It is, however, possible 
that the species may be the tapera, as restricted by authors, and the bird I 
have considered as tapera, true fusca, if not an unnamed species. 
A specimen from the Vermejo (21,012) differs in lacking almost entirely the 
paler edges of the feathers of upper parts, and in having the sides of the neck 
much less hoary. The inside of the wing is less varied with white. 
Smith- Collec. Sex 
man oe and Locality. aNaeD Received from Collected by 
0. 0. ge. i 
16,341} 120 Q Brazil. Oct. 1859. | Capt. Page, Expl. Chr. Wood. 
16,343, 120 | 9 “ “ so paranapRen|\ayy) Beet oe 
12,042} 120 g me es CO i aR AAR Nie, Sie fe 
121,012 38 g Vermejo River. | Feb. 1860. “ 
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