172 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



HIRUNDINIDAE. 



VT. Common migrant and summer resident. Late April- 

 summer. 



MASS. Common migrant and less common local summer resi- 

 dent. April 23-Sept. 4 (Sept. 30). Eggs, May 25- July 20. 



R. I. Uncommon migrant and summer resident. April 28- 

 Sept. 15. Eggs, May 31- July 16. 



CONN. Common migrant and less common local summer 

 resident. (April 15) April 20-Sept. Eggs, May 26- ? (2 broods). 



319. HIRUNDO ERYTHROGASTER Boddaert. 

 Barn swallow; Fork-tailed swallow. 



Bodd., Tabl. d. planch, enlum. d'hist. nat., 1783, p. 45. De- 

 scription in Buffon: " CAYENNE." 



Hirundo rustica Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, vol. 1, 

 p. 181, pi. 48. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 6, figs. 8, 9. 



Open country; nests in crevices of cliffs, but now generally on 

 rafters of old barns. 



ME. Common migrant and summer resident. April 19-Sept. 

 19 (Oct. 29, Seguin Id.; Oct. 31, 1907, Portland). Eggs, May 28- 

 June 24. 



N. H. Common migrant and summer resident at lower eleva- 

 tions. April 20-Sept. 21. 



VT. Common migrant and summer resident. April 25-fall. 



MASS. Common migrant, less common summer resident. 

 (April 5, 1893, Waltham) April 17-Sept. 30 (Oct. 7). Eggs, May 

 18-July 12. 



R. I. Common migrant and summer resident; still breeds in 

 cliffs at Middletown. (April 10)-Sept. 23. Eggs, May 18-30. 



CONN. Common migrant and summer resident. April 21 

 Sept. Eggs, (ISept. 3). 



320. IRIDOPROCNE BICOLOR (Vieillot) Coues. 



Tree swallow; Little martin; White-bellied swallow. 

 Hirundo tricolor Vieill., Hist. nat. ois. Ame"r. Sept., 1807, vol. 1, 



