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BARN SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo rufa.) 



Hi. carulco-chalybea,jfronte gulaque castanets, abdomine dilute 

 cast uneo, fascia pectoralipurpurea, rectricibus, duabus interme- 

 diis exceptis, macula alba oblonga notatis. 



Steel-blue Swallow, with the forehead and throat chesnut, the 

 abdomen pale chesnut, breast with a purple band, all but the 

 two middle tail-feathers, with an oblong white spot. 



Hirundo rufa. Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. } . 60. Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 1018? Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 574. 5 ? 



Hirundo Americana. Wils.Amer. Orn. 5. 34. 



L'Hirondelle rousse. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 1. 60. PL 30. 



L'Hirondelle a ventre roux de Cayenne. Biffi Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 6. 607 >Euff. PI. Enl. 724. f. 1 . female ? 



Barn Swallow. Wils. Amer. Orn. 5. 34. PI. 38. l. male. 2. fe- 

 male. 



Rufous-bellied Swallow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 566. 5 ? 



THE Barn Swallow is seven inches in length, 

 and thirteen in expanse : its beak is black : irides 

 hazel : lores black : the upper part of the head, 

 neck, back, rump, and tail-coverts steel-blue ; 

 breast with a band of the same : forehead arid 

 chin deep chesnut : belly, vent, and under part 

 of the wings, light chesnut : wings and tail dusky 

 black, with green reflections ; the latter very 

 much forked, and with all but the two middle 

 feathers with an oblong white spot, similar to the 

 Common European Swallow : legs dark purple ; 

 female with the belly and vent rufous white, and 

 the outer tail-feathers shorter than in the male? 

 Inhabits America, 



