IIIKUNDO IIOKREOIIUM— TACHYCINETA BICOLOIJ. 441 



IIlIlUNDO ERYTUROGASTER. 

 Baru Su-itllow. 



ft. lioyreonitii} 



Hinindo horreorum, Barton, Frag. Nut. Hist, rpnii'a, 17fl9, 17. — Baikd, Birds N. 

 Am., 1858, 308; (Jatal., ISuO, No. 225; Review, ISOr), 204.— Cooper, Orii. 

 Cal., 103.— COUES, Key, 1872, 113, fljr. 5-1; Clieck List, 1873, No. Ill; Biril.s 

 N.W., 1874, 85.— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. Birds, I, 1874, 33(», pi. XVJ, (ig. 

 9. — IlENSUAW, 1875, 217. 



Altliouijli inhabiting the same localities as the Cliff Swallow, the pres- 

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

 most connnon 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 jiair 

 i'ound ill one cave. Several nests were also found in caverns among the lime- 

 stone cliils on the eastern side of the Iluby Mountains. 

 Lint of spcchnens. 



408, S 11(1. ; valley of the Humboldt, September, 1807. 



I 151, iie.st and eggs (3); Parley's Park, Wahsatch Mouutaiiis, Utab,,lidy 20, 1800. 

 Nest ill stable, attached to rafter. 



Taciiycineta bicolor. 



'\VEii(e-l»ctlif«I Su'a!io\v. 



Hiniiido hicnlor, VlEiLLOT, Ois. Am. Sept., I, 1807, Gl, pi. 31.— Baiud, Birds N. 



Am., 1858,310; Gatal., 1859, No. 227; Review, 1805, 297.- Cooi'EU, Oiii. 



Cal., lOG.— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, 344, pi. XTi, fig. 8. 

 TacJnjcineta bicolor, Gabanis, Mils. Hein., 1850, 48. — CouES, Key, 1872, 113; 



Check List, 1873, No. 112; Birds N.W., 1874, 8G.— nENSQAW,'l875, 217. 



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



^It is not yet satisfactorily determiued whether the North American birds of this 

 species dilfer constantly from South American examples to the extent that the two 

 series may be separated as geographical races. In case they should not prove thus 

 constantly different, the proper name of the North American bird is II. cnjihroijaster, 

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



Ilirundo erytJirofjasier, BoDD., Tabl. PI. eiil. (724, fig. 1), 1783, 45 (Cayenne) — 

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



Ilinnulo riifa, Gm., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 1018 (PI. enl., 721, fig. 1).— BuiiJi., Ueb., 

 Ill, 148 (Brazil). 



Hinindo cyanopyrrha, Vieill., Nouv. Diet., XVI, 1817, 510. 



