PETEOCHELIDON. 2-i7 



2. Massaclmsetts, 29th Mtiy. W. Piadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. East Providence, Rhode Island, W. KadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



26th May. [P.]. 



2. Connecticut. Crowley Bequest. 



Petrochelidon swainsoni, Scl. 



Petrochelidon swainsoni, Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Avex, i, 

 p. 227 (1883) ; Shmye, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 194 (1885) ; id. ^ 

 Wyatt, Mon. Hirnndinidce, ii. p. 555 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 87 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901). 



The eggs of Swainson's Cliff-Swallow resemble the coarsely 

 marked eggs of P. pyrrlionota. Three examples measure respec- 

 tively : -85 by -55 ; -82 by -56 ; -83 by -6. 



1. Valladolid, Yucatan {Gaumer). Gould Coll. 



2. Yucatan. Crowley Bequest. 



Petrochelidon fulva ( VieilL). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 5.) 



Iliriindo preciloma, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 64 (1847). 



Petrochelidon fidva, Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 228 

 (1883) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 195 (1885) ; id. cV Wi^'att, 

 Mon. Hirundinida-, ii. p. 561 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamonl. 

 p. 87 (1899) ; Sharpe, Uand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901). 



The eggs of the Caribbean Cliff-Swallow are of a white colour, 

 delicately speckled all over with chestnut, umber-brown, and 

 lavender. They measure from '74 to -8 in length, and from "52 to 

 •6 in breadth. 



2. Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Jamaica. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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3. Jamaica, 3rd June ( W. Osborne : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. St. Thomas, Jamaica, 9th June Crowley Bequest. 



(a B. Taylor). 



Petrochelidon spilodera (Sundev.). 



Petrochelidon spilodera, Sharpe, ed. Zai/ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 357 

 (1875-84) ; Butler, Feilden Sf Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 249 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. x. p. 198 (1885) ; id. Sr Wyatt, Mon. Hirundinidce, ii. 

 p. 573 (188-5-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 87 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901) ; Stark Sr Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, 

 ii. p. 304 (1901). 



The eggs of the South-African Cliff-Swallow resemble those of 

 P. pyrrhonota. They measure from '75 to "87 in length, and from 

 •56 to "58 in breadth. 



