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The barn swallow, of medium size, is easily told from all others 

 that occur on the island by the long, very deeply forked tail which is 

 often expanded while the bird is in flight. The species is dark 

 metallic blue above, with forehead and throat chestnut, and the 

 remainder of the underparts deep buff. 



PETROCHELIDON FULVA FULVA (Vieillot) 



HISPANIOLAN CLIFF SWALLOW, GOLONDRINA, HIRONDELLE FAUVE, 



HIRONDELLE 



Hirundo fulva Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 1, 1807, p. 62, 

 pi. 32 (Hisponiola). 



? Swallow, Ekman, Ark. for Bot., vol. 22A, No. 16, 1929, p. 7 (Navassa). 



Petrochelidon fulva, Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 152 (Gonaives, 

 specimen) ; Birds Haiti and San Domingo, March, 1884, pp. 47-^S, col. pi. 

 (Gonaives, Rivas, specimens) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 115 (Haiti, 

 Dominican Republic). — Tippen halter, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 321 (listed). — 

 Cherrie, Field Columbian Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1S96, pp. 12-13 (Santo 

 Domingo City, breeding). — Verrlll, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, 

 p. 364 (Dominican Republic ) .— Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 141; 

 Beneath Tropic Seas, 192S, p. 223 (Furcy). — Lonnbebg, Fauna och Flora, 

 1929, pp. 105-106 (Haiti). 



Petrochelidon fulva fulva, Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, p. 

 418 (Monte Cristi, Rio San Juan, specimens). — Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 507 (Haiti, Gonave, Tortue). — Danforth, Auk, 

 1929, p. 371 (Santo Domingo City, Citadelle, Gonave Island). — Moltoni, Att. 

 Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, p. 320 (San Juan, specimens). 



Resident; locally distributed; not found regularly at high alti- 

 tudes. 



The native cliff swallow nests in caverns, usually about water, 

 from which it follows naturally that it is found in regions where 

 limestone is exposed near the sea or along inland streams. Outside 

 the nesting season the species wanders to some extent but even then 

 is not commonly distributed. It is most abundant along the sea 

 where rocky headlands project near the water. 



The earliest record for the Dominican Republic appears to be 

 that of Cory who reports a specimen from Rivas August 21, 1883. 

 He says that he took another but does not state the locality, merely 

 remarking that only a few flocks were seen. In 1895 Cherrie found 

 these swallows nesting at Santo Domingo City April 24. when the 

 breeding season appeared to be at its height. Verrill recorded the 

 cliff swallow but gives no localities. Peters secured skins at Monte 

 Cristi and the Rio San Juan, saying that during February, 1916, 

 they were common along the Rio Yaqui del Norte near Monte Cristi, 

 and abundant over the saline flats between the town and the landing. 

 Abbott secured one at Rojo Cabo on the Samana Peninsula August 

 26, 1916, and two at San Lorenzo on Samana Bay March 19, 1919. 



