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liiit one species, so tar as known, of tl'is suli.urnus us restricted, lu'lonj^s 

 to xVmerica. There are, however, ciuite a number known in tlie Old World. 



Hirundo horreorum, livinoN. 



BAEN SWALLOW. 



Hirundo lurrreoftnti, Bakton, Fra;,M.ient.s X. 11. I'.-imu. 17;t'.t, 17. — lUiitn, Birds X. Am. 

 1858, 308; lUv. 294. —A. & K. Xkwtun, Ihis, l>.->i>, 60 ^Sta. Cnu ; tiaii.sicnt). — 

 ScLATKU & Salvin, Ibis, 185l>, 13 (« luatriiialii). — 8< LATKi:, V. Z. S. Ib6i, 173 (Citv 

 of Ml'x.) — Lawkkn. i:, Aim. X. V. Lvc l.sr.i, .Utj (Panama). —Cm. ri:u & Sicklky, 

 I'. ]{. R. Bcp. XII, II, 1N4 \south of Coluinbia l.'iv.'i). - Dai.l & liASNisTEii, 279 

 (Alaska). — CoupKu, Orn. Cal. I, IbjO, ll»3. — 8A.Mri;i.s, 2.34. Ilirumh ru/n, Vii;ill. 

 — Cassis, 111. — Bi:i:\vi;i:, X. Am. (Jul. I, 18;'»7, l»l, pi. v, lij,'. \V.\ -67 u'i(^s). — Cau. 

 Jour. IV, 1856, 3 (Cuba; spring ami autumn). - IiLiMiAiatr, Ibis, l^♦;l, 'M^im-nlaiitl ; 

 two specimens). — GrNi.LAcii, Cab. .(our. Is61, 328 (Cuba; common). Ilirmulo 

 amc rianut, WiLsos ; lluii; Lamijkyi;, Aves d.- ( "uba, 1S.'.(», 44. lam. vii, ti". 2. Hi- 

 runilo rusfica, Ari). Orn. Bioji. 11, pi. ( Ixxiii. - lu. Birds Am. 1, pi. xlviii. — Jmxes, 

 Nat. Hist. Bermutla, ;i4 (Bermudas; Aug. and Sept.). 



Sp. Char. Tail very dooply forked ; outer featlier.s .sfveral inches longer than the inner, 



very narrow towards the end. Above 



fflossy l)lue, with concealed wliite in 

 tlu' middle ufthe back. Throat e-liest- 

 nnt ; rest of lower })art reddish-white, 

 not C(jnspicuously ditferent. A stet-l- 

 blue collar on the upper part of the 

 breast, interrupted in the middle. Tail- 

 feathers with a wliite spot near the 

 middle, on the inner web. Fen ale 

 with the outer tail-feather not (piit«' 

 .*JO loner. Length. '».0<> inches; wing, 

 5.00 ; tai), 4..')0. 



TIab. Wliole of the United States: 

 north to Fort Rae, Slave Lake; Green- 

 land; sonth in winter to Central Ameri- 

 ca and West Indies ; Panama ( Lawk.) ; 



Plateau of Mexico (l)reeds, Sumiciirast) ; Veragua, Chiriqni (Sai.vix). Not found at Cape 

 St. Lucas. Soutli America? 



In vouni' bird.s, the frontal chestnut hand is smaller and less distinct. 



It is still a ([iiestion whether a South Anieritan resident s})ecies (//. er//- 

 tlir(Kjn>>tcr) is identical or not. The onl\' two specimens of the latter (21,0(17 

 and 21,(M)8, Vermejo, Feh., 18()() ; ('. Wood) have e. very much less violaceous 

 upper jduuiage than North American examples, the blue above having 

 even a greenish tinge. They are moulting, unfortunately, so tliat they cannot 

 be satisfactorily com])ared ; except in the respect ])(>inted out, however, they 

 api)ear to be identical with Xorth American examples. 



The European //. rudica is perfectly distinct, though clo.sely nllied. It 

 ditlers esseiitiallv from the American //. Jiurrcvram in much loii'^er outer 



Hinif9ffn hortfonnu. 



