SWALIX)WS. 



EEV TO THE 



.1 rpp'T part* with imUillir n tlcetioOi. 

 .1. I nder purls .l--l liliif. 



a". Feather* .in the U 11\ fiiscoiu at the hate . 611. 1'inrt.i MARTIN A. 

 a*. Feather* on tin- U-lly white at the bane . . 611.1. CIBAN MARTIN 6. 

 A. Throat chestnut, rufous, or brownish. 

 6'. t'|-jT tail-eovcru the MUIH 1L - tin- hack ; tail with white spot*. 



613. BARM SWALLOW. 

 *. Upper tail-covert* rufouM or l-utfy ; no white in the tail. 



618. CLIFF SWALLOW. 

 e. Throat gray or white. 



e*. Entire under part* white 614. TREE SWALLOW. 



c. Throat and breast l-r^ni-h gray .... 611. PURPLE MARTIN 9. 

 t*. Throat, breast, and .-i.le- >..ty brownish gray. 



611.1. CIBAX MAKTIX 9. 

 /!. I j|er part* without metallic reflectiomt. 



a. I ii'li-r puru entirely white 614. TREE SWALLOW. 



b. Throat and breast bn>wnish gray . . 617. ROUOH-WINOED SWALLOW. 

 e. Throat and belly white; u browtibth gray band acroxa the breast 



616. BANK SWALLOW. 



611. Profpie subis i /-//</<.>. I'IRPLE MARTIN. Ail. 6 .Shining 

 blue-black; wings and tail duller. .!/. 9. rp|x-r piiru* glotuy bluish black, 

 duller thun in the i ; wingH and tail bluok ; throut, breu.st, utul sidett brownish 

 gray, more or less tip(>ed with whitr; Kelly white. Im. Resembles the 9. 

 1^,8-00; W., .Vs<>: T.. a-lK) ; I'.. In.m N., -32. 



Kaitijt. North America, north t<> Newfoundland and the Saskatchewan; 

 breeds throughout its ran/c; uinti-rs in Central and Suth Anmrica. 



WMhington, rather common S. R., Apl. 12 to Sept. . r >. Sinj; Sin^, tolerably 

 i-oiiiinoii S. R., Apl. '.'7 t> Sept. 11. Cum bridge, lex-ally common S. R., Apl. 20 

 to An.- 



'. of straws, twigf, eto., in houses or gourds erected for the purpose. 

 Kyyi, four t.. tiv.-. white, TOO x -7S. 



The Purjdc Martin is very common throuphout the south, and 



-itiird-i <>r JH.XCS arc erect-l fnr it< occupation. In 

 thi- N'i.rthi-rn St;ilf- it i< u cuinparHtivcly nirt' binl of lM-al ili-trilm- 

 tiim. anl is apparently ili-rn-aMiij: in niiinbors each year. 



In Knn->t ami Stn-am. v..l. xxii. 1S84, p. 484, Mr. Otto Widmann, 

 of Old Orchard. Missouri, presents an intcn-stintr table showing how 

 ofti-n vounjr Martin^ ,,n- fi-il. II. \v;ttchf<l a colony of sixteen pairs 

 of l.irl> from 4 A.M. to 8 P.M.. during whirh tiim- tbe jwrt'iits visited 

 their offspring :!.'J7? times, or an average of 205 times for each pair. 

 The males made l.l.YI. the females 1.828 visits. 



611.1. Progrie cryptoleuca A'/./-/. CIMAN MARTIN. AJ.i. 

 14 Similar ! /'. *i/Ai*. but tVutln-rs of ventral region marked beneath nurface, 

 with abroad spot or bar of white." AJ. v and im. 3 .Similar to those of 



