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Peru. It is casually found northward to southern Canada and 

 Nova Scotia. 



FAMILY HIRUNDINnxaS: SWALLOWS. 

 Genus PROGNE Boie, 1826. 



Progne subis (Linnaeus). Purple Martin. 



Hirundo subis LINNJEUS, S. N., ed. 10, I, 1758, 192. 

 Hirundo purpurea LINNAEUS, S. N., ed. 12, I, 1766, 344. 

 Progne purpurea BOIE, Isis, 1826, 971. 

 Progne subis BAIRD, Rev. Amer. B., I, May, 1865, 274. 

 Popular synonyms : MARTIN. HOUSE MARTIN. PURPLE SWALLOW. 

 AMERICAN MARTIN. VIOLET SWALLOW. 



The Purple Martin is a common summer resident, arriving 

 from the last of March to the middle of April and departing in 

 September. 



The rarige of the Purple Martin extends over the whole of 

 temperate North America and it winters in South America. 



Genus PETROCHELIDON Cabanis, 1850. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say). Cliff Swallow. 



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



Hirundo fulva BONAPARTE, Amer. Orn., I, 1825, 63, pi. 7, fig. 1. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons CASSIN, Cat. Hiruu. Mus. Philadelphia Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., 1853, 4. 



Popular synonyms : EAVE SWALLOW. REPUBLICAN SWALLOW. SQUARE- 

 TAILED SWALLOW. WHITE-FRONTED SWALLOW. CRESCENT SWAL- 

 LOW. 



The Cliff Swallow is a common summer resident, arriving 

 early in April and departing in September. 



The range of this Swallow covers the whole of temperate 

 North America from Nova Scotia and Alaska southward, breed- 

 ing south as far as southern California, southern Texas and the 

 Gulf of Mexico, though it is seemingly not found in Florida. It 

 winters in Central and South America. 



Genus HIRUNDO Linnaeus, 1758. 



Hirundo erythrogastra Boddaert. American Barn Swallow. 

 Hirundo erythrogastra BODDAERT, Tabl. P. E., 1783, 45. 

 Hirundo horreorum BARTON, Frag. Nat. Hist. Penn., 1799, 17. 

 Hirundo americana WILSON, Amer. Orn., V, 1812, 34, pi. 38. figs. 1, 2. 

 Chelidon erythrogastra STEJNEGER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, June 5, 



1882, 31. 

 Popular synonyms : RUFOUS-BELLIED SWALLOW. FORKED-TAILED BARN 



SWALLOW. 



