CHARACTERS OF PETROCHELIDON LUNIF5ONS 427 



Cecropis lunifrons, Boie, Isis, 1828,315; 1844,175. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons, 1Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. 1861, 317 (New Grenada). 

 S.I. Cat. AB. 1862, 40. Bd. Rev. AB. 1865, 288. Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 72 

 (Arizona) Coues, Pr. Ess. last, v. 1868, 276 (Now England). Cones, Key, 1872, 114. 

 Trippe, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 48. Aiken & Holden, Pr. Boat. Soc. xv. 1872, IW.-Hayn. 

 Pr. Boit. Soc. xiv. 1872, 369 (New England). Merr. Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, 

 for 1872, 1873, 676, 713. Coues, BNW. 1874, SS.Ridgw. Am. Nat viii. 1874, 200. 

 B. B. & It, NAB. i. 1874, 334, pi. 16, f. 13. Brew. Pr. Boat. Soc. xvii. 1875, 440. Nels. 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1875, 339 (Utah). Yarr. & Hensh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 11. Hensh. 

 List B. Adz. 1875, 156. Hensh. Zeol. Expl. TV. 100 Merid. Ib75, 215. Hensh. Rep. Orn. 

 Specs. 1874, 42, 60, 75, 104. Gentry, Life-Hist. 1876, 190. Minot, BNE. 1877, 144. 

 HcCaulty, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iii. n. 3, 1877, 662 (Texas). Eidgw. Rep. Surv. 40th 

 Par. iv. 1877, 440. 



Hirundo opifex, De Witt Clint. Ann. Lyc.N.T.i. 1824,161. 



Ilirumlo respublicana, And. Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. 1824, 164. 



Hirundo fulva, De Witt Clint. Aun. Lye. N. Y. i. 1824, 156. Bp. AO. i. 1825, 63, pi. 7, f. 1. 

 Bp. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. I82ti, 64. Less. Tr. Orn. 1831, 270. Aud. OB. i. 1831, 353, pi. 58. 

 Nutt. Man. i. 1832, 603. Ornith. Comm. Journ. Phila. Acad. vii. 1837, 193 (Columbia, 

 River). -Bp. CGL. 1838, 9.-Peab. Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 345 Towns. Journ. Phila. 

 Acad. viii. 1839, 155. Aud. BA. i. 1840, 177, pi. 41.Giraud, BLT. 1844, 38. Gamb. Pr. 

 Phila. Acad. iii. 1846, 110 (California). Denny, PZS. 1847, 31.Thomps. Vermont, 

 1853, 97. Hoy, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1853, Wl.-Read, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1853, 401. Henry, 

 Pr. Phila. Acad. 1855, 308 (New Mexico). Jennie. Tr. Illinois Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 581. 

 Pratten, ibid. 600. Putn. Pr. Ess. Inst i. 1856, 205. Maxim. J. f. 0. 1858, 100. Heerm. 

 PRRR. x. 1859. 36. 



Hirundo fulvus, Willis, Smiths. Rep. for 1858, 1859, 281 (Nova Scotia). 



Herse fulva, Bp. CA. i. 1850, 341 (in part at least). 



Petrochelidon fulva, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxviii. 1854, 650 (in part at least). 



Hirundo melanogaster, Sw. Philos. Mag. i. 1827, 366 ; Isis, 1834, 783 (name inept). 



Petrocbelidon melanogastra, Cab. MH. i. 1850, 47. 



Hirundo swainsoni, S.I. PZS. 1858, 296 (Oaxaca) ; 1859, 376 (Oaxaca. Mere change of 

 name from melanogaster). Bd. Rev. AB. 1865, 290. Salv. Ibis, 1866, 192 (Guatemala). 



Petrochelidon swainsonii, 8el. Cat. AB. 1862, 40. 



Petrochelidon swainsoni, Lawr. Bull. Nat. Mus. n. 4, 1876, 17 (Tehuantepec). 



Hirundo coronata, Licht. " Mus. Berol." 



White-fronted Swallow, Sw. & Rich. 1. c. 



Republican or Cliff Swallow, Aud. 1. c. 



Rocky Mountain Swallow, Hazard, Pr. Phila, Acad. 1851, 141 (habits). 



Cliff Swallow, Eave Swallow, Authors. 



HAB North America, at large, breeding in suitable localities. North to 

 Severn River (Forster, 1772) and the Arctic Ocean; northeast to Nova 

 Scotia ( Vieillot, 1823) ; northwest to the Yukon. Wrongly supposed to have 

 lately migrated into the Eastern United States. South through Mexico to 

 Panama at least (resident Mexican birds = swainsoni^ ? Not West Indies 

 (=fulva Vieillot). 



CH. SP. $ 9 Dorso, pileo, et macula gulari chalybeis ; f route 

 albicante ; gula, lateribus capitis, tectricibus caudalibus superiori- 

 bus rufis ; infra brunneo-grisea, abdomine albicante. 



<? $ , adult : Back and top of head, with a spot on the throat, deep lus- 

 trous steel-blue, that of the crown and back separated by a grayish nuchal 

 collar. Frotitlet white or brownish-white. Shorter upper tail-coverts 

 rufous. Chin, throat, and sides of head intense rufous, sometimes purplish- 

 chestnuf, prolonged around the side of the nape. Under parts dull grayish- 

 brown, with usually a rufous tinge (rusty-gray), and dusky shaft-lines, 



