BARN SWALLOW 



Young. Drab gray above, otherwise similar 

 to adults. 



Fairly common and widely distributed, es- 

 pecially in the vicinity of water. 



3. Hirundo erythrogaster Boddaert 

 Earn Swallow 



Male. Length 168 mm. (6.60 in.) ; tail 76 mm. 

 (3.00 in.). Forehead chestnut, remaining upper 

 parts glossy steel blue; a conspicuous white 

 spot on the inner web of outer tail feathers; 

 cheeks, chin, throat and chest rufous chestnut, 

 remaining under parts paler. Tail noticeably 

 elongate and forked for about a third of its 

 length. 



Female. Length 155 mm. (6.10 in.); tail 

 76 mm. (3.00 in.). Resembling male but 

 slightly smaller. 



Young. Duller in color. 



A common migrant, can be recognized 'by the 

 long deeply forked tail and by the bright coloring 

 below. Flight low, very swift and erratic. A 

 flock seen flying over the ocean near the island of 

 Galera in the Pearl Island group, March 14, 

 1924. 



4. Neochelidon tibialis (Cassin) 

 White-thighed Swallow 



Sexes alike. Length 102 mm. (4.00 in.); 

 tail 41 mm. (1.60 in.). Sooty black above be- 

 coming slightly grayer on rump, wings and tail; 

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