292 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



c. Petrochelidon lunifrons melanogastra (SWAINSON). Mexican Cliff Swal- 

 low. [6126.] 



Hirundo melanogaster SWAINSON, Philos. Mag., N. S., I, May, 1827, 366. 

 ("Table land of Mexico. It has been since sent from Real del Monte.") 



RANGE. Breeds in southern Arizona, Sonora, and Chihuahua, and south 

 over the Mexican tableland to Guatemala ; winter home unknown but proba- 

 bly in South America. 



[Petrochelidon fulva (VIEILLOT). Cuban Cliff Swallow. [612.1.] 



Hirundo fulva VIEILLOT, Ois. Amer. Sept., I, 1807 (1808), 62, pi. 32. 

 (Santo Domingo.) 



RANGE. Cuba and Isle of Pines; accidental on Dry Tortugas, 

 Florida.] 



GENUS HIRUNDO LINNAEUS. 



Hirundo LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 191. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Hirundo rustica LINNAEUS (Gray, 1840). 



Hirundo erythrogastra BODDAERT. Barn Swallow. [613.] 



Hirundo erythrogaster BODDAERT, Table PI. Enl., 1783, 45. (Cayenne.) 



RANGE. North America. Breeds from northwestern Alaska, 

 northern Mackenzie (Great Bear Lake), southern Manitoba, and 

 southern Ungava south to southern California, southern Texas (west 

 of longitude 97), northern Arkansas, and North Carolina, and in 

 Mexico south to Jalisco and Tepic; migrates through the Bahamas 

 and the West Indies and winters from southern Mexico to Brazil, 

 northern Argentina, and central Chile; accidental in the Galapagos, 

 Bermuda, and Greenland. 



[Hirundo rustica LINN^US. European Swallow. [613.1.] 



Hirundo rustica LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 191. (Sweden.) 



RANGE. Palsearctic region. Breeds generally, except in the 

 extreme eastern part; winters south to India, Malay Peninsula, the 

 Philippines, and Africa; accidental in Greenland.] 



