UIUUNDO UOKKEOKUM— TACnVCINErA BICOLOU. 441 



IIlRUXDO ERYTHROGASTER. 

 Barn Swallow. 



(i. horreorum} 



Eirumlo /iorreorww, Bauton, Frag. Nat. Hist. Ponn'a, 1700, 17.— Baikd, Birds N. 

 Am., ISoS, 3()S; Catal., ]85(), No. 225; Review, ISfJ."., 2<J1.— UooPKU, Urn. 

 Cal., 103.— CoUES, Key, 1872, 113, fi};. 54; Check List, 1873, No. Ill; Binl.s 

 N.W., 1874, 85.— B. B. & R., Di.st. N. Am. Birds, I, 1874, 330, i>l. XVI, li{;. 

 9.— Hensiiaw, 1875, 217. 



Although inhiibiting- the same localities as the Cliff Swallow, tlie i)res- 



ent .species was observed to be everywhere much less numerous. It was 



most common along the shore and on the islands of Pyramid Lake, where 



it nested among the tufa domes, each nest being attached to the ceiling of 



a cave among the rocks. In few instances were more than a single pair 



found in one cave. Several nests were also found in caverns anion": the lime- 



stone cliffs on the eastern side of the Ruby Mountains. 



Lint of specimens. 



408, $ ad.; valley of the Humboldt, September, 1807. 



1 J51, nest and eggs (3); Parley's Park, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah, July 20, 1809. 

 Nest in stable, attached to rafter. 



Tachycineta BICOLOR. 



H'liitc-bcllied Swallow. 



Hintndo bicolor, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., I, 1807, GI, pi. 31.— Baiud, Birds N. 



Am., 1858,310; Catal., 1859, No. 227; Review, 1805, 207.— CooI'EK, Oni. 



Cal., 100.- B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, 344, pi. xvi, lig. 8. 

 Tachycineta bicolor, Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1850, 48. — CoUES, Key, 1872, 113; 



Check List, 1873, No. 112; Birds N.W., 1874, 80.— Henshaw, 187.5, 217. 



This species and the Purple Martin were the only Swallows which were 



'It is not yet satisfactorily determined whether the North American birds of this 

 species difl'er constantly from Sontli American examples to the extent that the two 

 series may bo separated as geograi)hical races. In case they should not jirove thus 

 constantly diflVreiit, the pro()er name of the North Ameri(;an bird is JI. cri/tlirotjaxtcr, 

 Boddaert, while the following synonyms are to bo added to the above citations: — 



Hirundo erythrogaster, BoDD., Tabl. PI. eul. (724, flg. 1), 1783, 45 (Cayenne) — 

 ScLATEK, Catal. Am. Birds, 1801, 39 (Brazil). 



Jlinindn ru/a, Cm., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 1018 (PI. eiil., 724, fig. t).— Bi'RM., Ueb., 

 Ill, 148 (Brazil). 



Hirundo cyanopynha, ViEiLL., Nouv. Diet., XVI, 1817, 510. 



