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c. Petrochelidon lunifrons melanogdstra (Swarnson). Mexican Cliff Swal- 
low. [612b.] 
Hirundo melanogaster Swatnson, Philos. Mag., N. 8., I, May, 1827, 365. 
(“Table land of Mexico. It has been since sent from Real del Monte.’’) 
Rance.— Breeds in southern Arizona, Sonora, and Chihuahua, and south 
over the Mexican tableland to Guatemala; winter home unknown but proba- 
bly in South America. 
[Petrochelidon falva (ViEILLoT). Cuban Cliff Swallow. ([612.1.] 
Hirundo fulva Vretuiot, Ois. Amer. Sept., I, 1807 (1808), 62, pl. 32. 
(Santo Domingo.) 
RancE.— Cuba and Isle of Pines; accidental on Dry Tortugas, 
Florida.] 
GENUS HIRUNDO Linnzvs. 
Hirundo Linnzws, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 191. Type, by subs. desig., 
Hirundo rustica Linn=us (Gray, 1840). 
Hirindo erythrogdstra Bopparrt. Barn Swallow. [613.] 
Hirundo erythrogaster BoppaErt, Table Pl. Enl., 1783, 45. (Cayenne.) 
Rance.— North America. Breeds from northwestern Alaska, 
northern Mackenzie (Great Bear Lake), southern Manitoba, and 
southern Ungava south to southern California, southern Texas (west 
of longitude 97°), northern Arkansas, and North Carolina, and in 
Mexico south to Jalisco and Tepic; migrates through the Bahamas 
and the West Indies and winters from southern Mexico to Brazil, 
northern Argentina, and central Chile; accidental in the Galapagos, 
Bermuda, and Greenland. 
[Hirundo rastica Linna&us. European Swallow. [613.1.] 
Hirundo rustica Linnaus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 191. (Sweden.) 
RanceE.— Palearctic region. Breeds generally, except in the 
extreme eastern part; winters south to India, Malay Peninsula, the 
Philippines, and Africa; accidental in Greenland. | 
