Co Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [January 



Petrochelidoii hicolor^K^w. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860) 

 (Cuba). 



Accidental in Cuba and Bahama Islands. 



Tachycineta euchrysea (Gosse). 



Hirundo euchrysea Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 68 (1847). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 295. — Scl. & Salv. Noni. Avium Neotr. p. 14 



(I'^^yS)-— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (18S5).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. 



Brit. Mus. X, p. 170 (1SS5). 

 Herse euchrysea Bp. Bonsp. I, p. 34 (1850). 

 Petrochclidon euchrysea Scl. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 72; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 39 



(1S62). — Albrecht. J. f. O. 1S62, p. 194. 

 Callichelidon euchrysea Baikd, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 304 (1S64). — Gray, 



Handl. Bds. I, p. 72 (1S69).— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 



107 (1881). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire upper surface including head bright golden 

 green; a slight bluish tinge perceptible on the forehead, \vhen held 

 in the light; underparts white; wings and tail brown, showing a 

 tinge of bi^onzy green on t-he upper surface. 

 Female similar to male. 



Length (skin), 4.50, wing, 4.25; tail, 2.25. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Tachycineta sclateri (Cory). 



Hirundo euchrysea (var. domii/iceitsis?) Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 XI, p. 95 (1866). 



Callichelidon euchrysea var. dominicensis Gray, Ilandl. Bds. I, p. 72 

 (1869). 



Hirundo sclateri Cory, Auk, I, p. 2 (1S84) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Do- 

 mingo, p. 45 (1855); ib. List. Btis. \V. I. p. 10 (1855).— Sharpe, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 171 (18S5). 



Sp. Char. — Above bright bluish green, showing a golden color in some 

 lights, becoming decidedly blue on the forehead; upper surface of 

 wings and tail sliowmg a tinge of dull blue, brightest on the tail; 

 underparts pure white; primaries brown: bill and legs very dark 

 brown. 

 The sexes are similar. 

 Length, 5; wing, 4.60; tail, 2. 

 Habitat. San Domingo. 



Genus Chelidon For.st. 

 Chelidoft Forster, Syn. Cat. Brit. Bds. p. 55 (1817). 



