264 Scott, Two Swallows Nezv to North America. U u 'y 



Merula migratoria propinqua. Western Robin. — An abundant sum- 

 mer resident from the beginning of the pine belt upwards, but never 

 occurring below the pines in summer. It ranges high at times, but is not 

 common above the pine zone. Nests, at the upper edge of pine timber, 

 contained young on the first of June, 1887. Its fine song continues until 



July. 



Sialia mexicana. Western Bluebird. — A very abundant summer 

 resident from the lower pines upward into the spruce belt, but not ascend- 

 ing as high on the peaks as the following species. 



Sialia arctica. Mountain Bluebird. — This lovely bird, though less 

 abundant than the preceding, is a common summer resident throughout 

 the area under discussion, breeding even below the summer range of the 

 Western Bluebird. May 21, 1S87, I took a set of five eggs, with the 

 female parent, from a cavity in a rough-barked juniper {Juviperiis pachy- 

 p h I cea), just below the pines, on the Mogollon Mountains, near Stone- 

 man's Lake. It was commonly seen on San Francisco Mountain during 

 June, ranging up to the highest erect timber; the uppermost has a pros- 

 trate habit, due to the pressure of masses of snow and ice upon it during 

 the greater part of the year. 



TWO SPECIES OF SWALLOW NEW TO NORTH 



AMERICA. 



BY W. E. D. SCOTT. 



During a short visit to the Dry Tortugas, Florida, in the lat- 

 ter part of March and early April of the present year, 1S00, it 

 was the writer's good fortune to secure two species of Swallow, 

 which up to the present time have not heen recorded as occur- 

 ring in North America. 



The records are as follows : 



Petrochelidon fulva {Vie/7/.). Cuban Cliff Swallow.* 



Coll. of W. E. D. S., No. 8401, $ ad., Garden Key, Dry Tortu- 

 gas, Florida, March 22, 1S90. No. 8492, $ ad., same locality, 

 March 25, 1890. 



*For description of species see Cory, Auk, Vol. Ill, p. 57. 



