i886.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. Ch 



Petrochelidon fulva (Vieill.). 



Hiruudo fulva Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 62 (1S07). — March, Pr. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 295. 

 Cecaopsis fulva Boie, Isis, 1S28, p. 315. 

 Hirundo melanog-aster Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 38. 

 Hiruudo pceciloma GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 64 (1847). — Osborn, P. Z. S. 



1S65, p. 63. 

 Hirundo coronata Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 45 (1850). — Guxdl. Journ. Bo.-t. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 318 (1852). 

 Herse fulz'ci Bp. Consp. I, p. 341 (1850). 

 Petrochelidon fulva Cab. Mlis. Ilein. I, p. 47 (1S50). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).— Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 40 



(1862). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 194. — Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. 

 . p. 291 (1S64).— Gkay, Ilandl. Bds. I, p. 71 (1S69). — Scl. & Salv. 



Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 14 (1873). • — Guxdl. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 133; 



ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII. p. 198 (1878).— A. & E. Newton, 



Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (1S81).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 



152 (18S1); Z^. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 47 (1S85) ; ib. List 



Bds. W. I. p. 10 (i88s).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 195 



(i8S,0. 

 Petrochelidon fcvciloina Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 292 (1S64). — Gray, 



Handl. Bds. I, p. 71 (1S69).- Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 311. 

 Hirundo {Petrochelidon) fulva Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, 



p. 252 (1S66). 



Sp. Char. MjIc: — Throat and sides of the breast pale rufous brown, the 

 color passing ar(iund the neck in a narrow line at the nape; belly 

 and cri-sum dull white, the latter showing a rufous tinge ; top of the 

 head bluish black, the color nearly encircling the eye; forehead 

 and rump dark rufous brown ; back bluish black, streaked with 

 white; wings and tail dark brown; bill and feet black. 

 The sexes are apparently similar. 



Length, 4.70; wing, 4; tail, 1.S5; tarsus, .40; bill, .27. 

 Habitat. Antilles. 



Genus Tachycineta Caban. 



Tachycincta Cabanis, Mus. Hein. I, p. 48 '(1850). 



Tachycineta bicolor (^Vieill.). 



Hiruudo bicolor ViEii^i^. Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 61 (1807). — Cory, List Bds. 



W. I. p. 10 (1885). 

 Tachycineta bicolor Gvsni.. ]. f. O. 1856, p. 4; ib. 1861, p. 330 (Cuba); 



ib. 1S74, p. 113 (Cuba). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 80 (iSSo). — 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 117 (1885). 



