r.AUN j^WALLOW. .-j:].5 



iinstcrv roiuieclL'd witlj the spt-cies is tliv place ol' its ivsiduiK'L" in t'.ie iiiterini l);.'t\vee;i 

 tlif time of its disappearaiife iroiii New Pitivideiiee along in Miicli to its appearance in 

 -huie. T!ie reason of the dep.irture iVoui tlie Uihunis w.is evid.'ntlv the scareitv ol' 

 insects, for they feed upon (hi)ter.i and coleoptera dn-ing tlu; drv saason, and tht' weather 

 henisj.- unnsually dry the List of the season, in April and May, it is evide it, then, reiisonini!; 

 u]K)n tliis supposition, that they desire to seek some more humid hind when the sea,soii 

 <'liiinces to l)e dry on the B;diam:is. Wliere this favored laid miv lie is, of course, only a 

 matter of conjecture Init I s'.ioiild not he at all surprised to fin I (his JK'autifnl Sv". allow 

 <'ommon in Florida for the distance which it would have to tra\-ers(( IVom Andros to 

 the Florida keys is not nuich greater than I'rom New Providence to Andros. 



On November 20th, 1S87, I saw a few Swallows sailing over the sea to tlie eastward 

 of Nassau, and stmie days later, about Decemlier 1st I saw a large flight of Swallows at 

 Middle Bight, Andros, which was repeated twice about a week from one anotlier. On all 

 three occasions the birds Avere tiyingout the Bight from west to ea'^t. 



On March oO, 1893, dm-ing a cold and severe " norther," the Swallows, which had 

 previously been absent, suddenly appeared in large iunnl>ers. I did not lind the Bahama 

 Swallow at Inagua in February, 1888, and could not learn that it ever came there. 



These last notes, written some time after the concluding hypothesis that the J5ahama 

 Swallows pas< the winter outside of t!ie islands, tend to confirm this opinion. The 

 reason why I had made the foregoing remarks was that upon two oi;casions in the winter 

 I had seen the Bahama Swallow in Florida. Once I saw ([uite a flock of them sailiiiir 

 high in air over Key West, and once a single specimen passed within a few feet of mv head 

 as I stood on the banks of Indian River. Tliis last i)ird was in companv with White- 

 bellied S\vallows, but on both occasions the deeply-forked tail rentJered the birds at once 

 distinguishaljle. 



The Bahama Swallow has since that time been aetually taken in Florida, a sinule 

 *?pecimen having been procured on the keys. I am, certain, howexcr. that this fine ))ird 

 will be found to occur regularly in the State. 



GE>5US III. CIIELIDUN. THE ILVllN SWALLOWS. 



Gen.Cii. Bill, similar to that of the last genus but ratlicrmore slender. Tail, deejily fjrked, witli tlie 

 ■outer feather narrowed and elongated. Feet, rather slender ; toes, long: tarsus, feathei-cd a. little way dowu 

 from tibial joint above. We haVe a single species witli us. 



CHELIDON HORREORUM, 

 Barn Swallow. 



Hirundo horreorum Barton, Fragments N. 11. Peuna.: 17;)!i, 17. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Ch. Form, slender. Size, not large. Bill, not stout : up])er mandible straight, with the tips 

 slightly curved. Feet, small. Tail, long and very deejily forked : the two outer feathers are considerably 

 elongated and exceedingly narrow. Sternum, not slightly built, and precisely similar in form to that of IL 

 •■subis. Tongue, rather tieshy and triangular ; cleft at the tiji. 



