Hirundo fulva of Veillot. i59 



1. II. americana: Barn swallow, seven inches long. 

 This is the H. rufa of Veillot, and perhaps of Latham and 

 Gmelin. The H. Americana of Gm. is a different bird. 



2. H. viridis : Green, blue, or white-bellied swallow, five 

 and three-quarters inches long. It is the H. bicolor of Veillot. 

 In addition to these two names, Mr. Stevens (in Shaw's Zoo- 

 logy) has given a third, H. leucogaster, to the same bird, at 

 the same time quoting by mistake Wilson's name as bicolor. 

 As this name was pre-occupied, he thought it necessary to 

 change it, although a slight comparison of the figures and de- 

 scriptions would have convinced him that they belong to one 

 and the same species. 



3. H. riparia : The bank swallow, or sand martin, five 

 inches long. This is, perhaps, the only swallow that can be 

 claimed by the Old World, and even about this, there are con- 

 flicting opinions. 



4. H. pelasgia : Chimney swallow, four and a half inches 

 long. This bird differs remarkably from its congeners in the 

 feet and tail, and has been removed by Temminck to the genus 

 Cypselus of Illiger. It, however, does not strictly agree with 

 either this genus, or Hirundo. 



5. H. purpurea: Purple martin, eight inches long. The 

 name purpurea was given by Linne to the male of this 

 bird; the female he describes as a separate species under the 

 name of H. subis. The Canada swallow of Latham, the great 

 American martin of Edwards, and the H. violacea of Gmelin, 

 are in reality the same bird as the purple martin. Veillot, 

 who quotes all these synonyms, has increased the confusion, 

 by bestowing still another name on this bird ; it is his H. cce- 

 rulea. Dr. Barton has erroneously taken it for the Tapera of 

 Brazil, or the H. tapera of Gmelin. 



Besides these, Veillot assures us that the II. rusiica, or 

 chimney swallow, of Europe, inhabits also the United States. 

 He states that he has several times met with them, and that at 

 New- York they are confounded with the H. rufa (Americana. 



