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ff Tail scarcely forked ; rump and forehead not colored like the 



back PETROCHELIDON, 3. 



f f f Tail somewhat forked , unblotched ; rump and forehead 



colored like the back. 



a. Lustrous green or violaceous; pure white below; length 

 less than 61. ..... TACHYCINETA, 2. 



aa. Lustrous blue-black ; ? paler and whitish below ; length 

 more than 64. . . . PROGXE, 6. 



** Plumage brownish-gray ; scarcely lustrous and without shades 



of blue or green. 

 b. A. little tuft of feathers on tarsus at base of hind toe; edge of 



wing smooth. COTYLE, 4. 



bb. Outer web of first primary more or less saw like, with a 

 series of minute recurved hooks, no tarsal tuft. 



STELGIDOPTEKYX, 5. 



/. HIRUNDO, Linnaeus. SWALLOWS. 

 1. H, horreoru/n, Barton. BARX SWALLOW. Lustrous 

 steel-blue, pale chestnut below ; forehead and throat 

 deep chestnut; an imperfect steel-blue collar; tail very 

 deeply forked; L. 7; W. 5; T. 4J. N. Am., abundant; 

 breeding in colonies about barns, etc. 



2. TACHYCINETA, Cabanis. WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOWS. 

 1. T. bicolor, (Vieill.) Coues. WHITE -BELLIED SWAL- 

 LOW. Lustrous green, pure white below; $ duller; L. 

 6i; W. 5; T. 2f. N. Am., abundant about water, 

 nesting in trees, etc.; a handsome swallow. 



3. PETROCHELIDON, Cabanis. CLIFF SWALLOWS. 

 I. P. lunifrons, (Say ) Cab. CLIFF SWALLOW. EAVE 

 SWALLOW. Lustrous steel blue; forehead, sides of head, 

 throat, rump, etc., of various shades of chestnut; a blue 

 spot on breast, belly whitish; L. 5; W. 4; T. 2^. N. 

 Am., abundant, formerly nesting in clift's, but now under 

 the eaves of barns, etc. 



