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and upper tail coverts into greenish-blue and violet. Beneath pure white, 
the sides and linings of wings faintly tinged with ashy. Ear coverts white, 
tinged at ends with dusky ; traces of a narrow dusky collar on the sides of the 
jugulum. Feathers of chin and throat white to very base, those of jugulum 
and rest of under parts lead color towards roots. The lateral tail feathers 
externally are edged narrowly with whitish. The ends of the quills have a 
violet tinge. The bases of the feathers of nape and forehead light gray, but 
not white. 
Total length, 5.80; wing, 4.60; tail, 3.00; depth of fork, 1.00; difference 
between primaries, 2.35; length of bill from forehead, .44, from nostril, .23, 
along gape, .57, width, .47; tarsus, .49; middle toe and claw, .56, claw alone, 
-20; hind toe and claw, .36, claw alone, .20. 
Smith- ‘Collee-| Sex | 
| ‘ When 4 “ 
a po s Pier | Locality. Gollecked: Received from Collected by 
11,946) .. ie | Nassau, Bahamas. | April, 1859. Dr. H. Bryant. | 
| | 
(11,946.) Type. 
Hirundo euchrysea. 
Hirundo euchrysea, Goss, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 68 (Jam.).—Is. Ill. tab. 
xii.—Marcu, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1863, 295.—Herse euchrysea, Br. Consp. 
341.—Petrochelidon eu. ScuateR, P. Z. 8. 1861, 72.—Is. Catal. 1861, 
39, no. 240 (Jam.). 
Hab. Jamaica. 
(No. 23,333, 9.) Above bright and lustrous metallic green and golden, 
variously blended; the quills and tail feathers, with lining of wings and 
axillars, similar, but duller. Beneath white; the metallic green of the head 
extending on the edge of the chin, the middle part of which is grayish; the 
jugulum and breast with large dull spots somewhat like the back. Down of 
the back of neck and of the back rather dark ashy. Tibie brown. Quill 
and tail feathers blackish-brown, glossed as described. Feathers of chin and 
throat gray at extreme base. 
(No. 23,333, 9.) Total length, 4.70; wing, 4.35, tail, 2.30; difference of 
primaries, 2.10? length of bill from forehead, .37, from nostril, .20, along 
gape, .47, width, .35; tarsus, .42; middle toe and claw, .48, claw alone, .15; 
hind toe and claw, .28, claw alone, .14. 
Smith- Cotier | Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Collected by 
No. | No. | Age. e : 
23,333 77 2 | Trelawney, Jam. June 19, ’59. P. L. Sclater. W. Osburn, 
30,284 ae -. | Spanishtown, Jam. | Jan. 1863. We TD. Mareliy s|)o09 eo 
