236 HIRUNDINID^!. 



The eggs of the White-bellied Swallow measure from -71 to -84 

 in length, and from '52 to *55 in breadth. 



3. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. North America ( Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. St. Stephens, New Brunswick Crowley Bequest. 

 (H. E. Dresser}. 



2. Massachusetts (Henshaiu Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Massachusetts, 10th June. W. Radcliffe Sauuders, Esq. 



[P.l. 



3. Madison, Connecticut, 15th June. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Eastford, Connecticut, 26th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Tachycineta thalassinus (Swains.). 



Hirundo thalassina, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 102, pi. v. fig. 74 

 (1856) ; Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 347 (1874). 



Tachycineta thalassinus, Salv. fy Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves,i. p. 233 

 (1883); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 119 (1885) ; id. $ Wyatt, 

 Mon. Hirundinidce, i. p. 175 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 85 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 192 (1901). 



Six eggs of the Violet-and-Green Swallow measure respectively : 

 72 by -53; -71 by 5; -71 by '49; -68 by 5; -78by59: -78by58. 



1. North America (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 

 3. Salem, Oregon, llth June (T. H. Crowley Bequest. 



Jackson}. 



2. San Diego, California, 15th May. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus PHEDINA, Bp. 



Phedina madagascariensis, Hartl. 



Phedina borbonica, var. madagascariensis, Milne-Edwards fy Grandidier, 



Hist. Nat. Madaff., Ois. ii. p. 395 (1885). 

 Phedina madagascariensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 123 (1885) ; 



id. 4* Wyatt, Mon. Hirundinida, i. p. 205 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 85 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 192 (1901). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Striped Swallow are of a white 

 colour, speckled and spotted, more densely at the broad end than 

 elsewhere, with rufous and lavender. The five examples in the 

 Collection vary much in size, measuring from '78 to -92 in length, 

 and from '57 to -63 in breadth. 



3. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Madagascar, May (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HIRUNDO, Scliaeffer. 



The eggs of the true Swallows are usually of a regular oval 

 shape, but sometimes they are somewhat sharply pointed, and they 

 exhibit only a small amount of gloss. They are of two types of 

 coloration, some species laying plain white eggs, while in others the 

 eggs are white or piiikish^wbite, speckled and spotted with umber* 



