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considerably than the front), etc. The tarsi are longer in proportion, 
being absolutely of the same length, while the feet are much weaker 
and the toes shorter. 
Smith- Collec-) Sex When 
sonian, tor’s | and Locality. ; Received from | Collected by 
No. | No. | Age. Collected. ee ee 
Sqoag) | os. | 8 Remedios, Cuba. | April4, 64. | N. H. Bishop. | Seas 
34, 256 5 fof Ey May 1863.0 OS eerie iin eater terete 
34,490 33 Ec Cuba, of Dr. J. Gundlach. [' ec eae 
34,491 Hf |) adi 
154 is oS his: | Cab. apreteeth 
Petrochelidon peeciloma. 
Hirundo peciloma, Gossx, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 64. 
Petrochelidon fulva, Scuater, P. Z. S. 1861, 72.—Is. Catal. 1861, 40, no. 
245 (Jamaica).—WHirundo fulva, Marcu, Pr. A. N. Se. 1863, 295 
(nesting). 
Hab. Jamaica. 
Similar to preceding, but smaller; chestnut color darker. Chestnut of 
sides very decided, and continuous with that on breast and crissum. 
(No. 24,381.) Total length, 4.50; wing, 4.15; tail, 2.05; fork, .10; differ- 
ence between Ist and 9th quills, 1.95; length of bill from forehead, .35, from 
nostril, .20, along gape, .55; tarsus, .48; middle toe and claw, .64; hind toe 
and claw, .38. 
A series of specimens from Jamaica differs from Cuban in being 
rather smaller in size, and in having the chestnut brown of the under 
parts considerably deeper and more marked, extending along the 
sides of the body so as to be continuous with that of the sides of the 
rump. ‘The chestnut nuchal collar, also, is more distinct. A young 
bird from Jamaica differs from the adult in lacking the frontal band 
almost entirely, and in having a whitish chin. I have not had an 
opportunity of examining the St. Domingan species, but would not 
be surprised if it proved different from those of Cuba and Jamaica. 
A closely allied species is the P. ruficollaris, of Peale.* 
! Petrochelidon ruficollaris. 
Hirundo ruficollaris, PEALE, Mammals and Birds U. 8. Expl. Exped. 
1848, 175. 
Hab. Peru. 
Head above and back glossy blue-black. Rump above and on sides, fore 
part of the breast, and sides of body beneath the wings, chestnut, as also an 
indistinct nuchal half collar. Chin, throat, sides of head below the eyes, and 
rest of under parts, white ; the crissum tinged with rufous anteriorly, the long 
feathers grayish-brown, edged with whitish. Wings and tail dull brown, the 
