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611. Progne subis (Linn.). 



Purple Martin. 



Hirundo subis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, L 1758, 192. 

 Progne subis Baird, Rev. Am. B. I. May, 1865, 274. 

 [B231, C 117, R152, C 165.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, north to Ontario and 

 the Saskatchewan, south to the higher parts of Mexico, wintering in 

 South America. 



611 a. Progne subis hesperia Brewst. 



Western Martin. 



Progne subis hesperia Brewst. Auk, VL April, 1889, 92. 

 [B 27,1, part, C wj^part^ R 152,/^r/, C 165,/^^/.] 



Geog. Dist. — California, south of Latitude 40°, and southern 

 Arizona; in winter, south to Nicaragua. 



611.1. Progne cryptoleuca Baird. 



Cuban Martin. 



Progne cryptoleuca Baird, Rev. Am. B. I. May, 1865, 277. 

 [B23i«, C— , R 152^, C— .] 

 Geog. Dist. — Cuba, and southern Florida. 



Genus PETROCHELIDON Cabanis. 



Petrochelidon Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 47. Type, Hirundo 



melanogastra Swains. 



61 iJ. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say). 

 Cliff Swallow. 



Hirundo lunifrons Say, Long's Exp. II. 1823, 47. 

 Petrochelidon lunifrons Cassin, Cat. Hirun. Mus. Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. 1853, 4. 



[B 226, C 114, R 153, C 162.] 

 Geog. Dist. — North America, north to the limit of trees, breeding 

 south to the valleys of the Potomac and the Ohio, southern Texas, 

 southern Arizona, and California ; Central and South America in 

 winter. Not recorded from Florida or the West Indies. 



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