IirnCXDIXID.K — TMK SWALLOWS. 



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The e<;jrs, six in mmilMT, in .'vcry iiistixiici! that wc notiocd, w.iv piiiv white 

 about the size cf tliose of the npari>,, l.nt ii litt'e more imih.nnly nl.hm- in' 

 sliape and pointed at one end. Their h-n-th varies from .7S to .09 of an iiieli 

 the average being .75. Their averagi; breadtli is .5;{ of an inch. 



Gfa'is COTYLB, Boie. 



r„/,if,; Hoik, Lsis, 1822, 550. (Type, /tin,,,,/,, ri/mrm, L.) 



Tten. CitAii. Bill ..mall ; nostril.s lateral, ovcrhuno- l.y a .-^liai<rht-oclgc<l membrano Tai-- 

 sus al,o„t ,.(,ual to ,„i,l.ll.- t,.,- without ..law ; li-atluMv,! at upper on.l, ..specially on inuor 

 Ince, ami havin^r al,<., a ..n.all tuft of f.Mth.Ts alta.;h,.,l to post..,ior .xlf^c near ti,e Imul toe 

 Mi.I.ll.. t.w with Imsal joint a.lhe.ent o.xten.ally to n.'ai- tl,.. ..n.l, liMI-way internally the 

 .•aw.. ..on>i.aratively little c, ve.l, the lateral reaehin- heyon.l the l,ase of th.. n,i,l,lle. Tail 

 sh-htly loik.MJ. Cloi- .lull lustreless brown above, in ripuria white beneath with grav 

 peetoral band. Nests in holes in banks; cfrrrs white. 



aiany American birds have been referred to Cofi/lc, but tlie only one really 

 belonging to tlie genus is the cosmo- 

 pnlitan 0. ripari,,. The i)eculiarity of 

 tiie genus consists essentially in tlie 

 tuft of tarsal featliers at the base of 

 the Iiind ;<e, and the unusual leimth 

 of the late. 1 claws, combined witli 

 the lateral nosiii'- overlmng by mem- '"""//<• ">,w«. 



braue. IJy these characters the genus is very easily tlistinguished from 

 C'tilgidopknj.r. 



Cotyle riparia, Bote. 



BAKK SWAUOW; SAND MABTIN. 



Hirundoripar^ L.nn. S. N. I, I7.i<i, 344. -W,..s. ; Art. - LKvnKVK. .\v,.s ,1,. Cuba, 

 1850 47 lam. v„, |,g. ,'i. - Jox,.:.., N,.t. Hist. I!..r„,„.la, 34 (u.rasi„„al, Auj;. an.l 



Sl'*"ln-f '■'''''"'■'"' """■• ''■•'• ^'"' ^'^'"'— t'ASS.N-.-l!,MCWKU, N. A. Oiil. 1, 



«r!' ,?? '' ; "• "^'- ^^ ^"^^^- - ^''^"- •'"'"•• ^''■"'' ■' (•'"l'">- - '5AMM.. l!ir.ls N. A,.,. 



8.,8, .il ; li,.v. 18fi4, :!ir.. In. 18.11, (.3 (Costa IJiea [>.]). -- .;,.Nh,,.v.„, Cab. .lour. 

 1801, u.iO (v..ry rar.. m Cuba). -^ M.m;,„. IV. A. X. S... lS.i3, 2!l- (.lan,„i,a ; v.mv rar..) 

 H!.:k...mann, p. I{. H. X, 3.i (CalitWnia ; abu.ulaut /). ^ Dam, ><: l!vNN,sri.V -SO 

 (Al.UKka).--Coo,.K.!, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 110. - .Sami'KI.s, 258. Ilinn,d., ci..r„. 

 >IKIM,. JJinoii/o ripariii iiiiicriciiiKi, .Max. ' 



Sp, TiiAn. A<h,!f. Above prayi.sh-hrown, somewhat lulisrin.nis, with a t.-uih^ney to paler 

 inarfrms of the leathers. |!..neath pur.- white, with a ban.l a.-n.ss th.. breast au,l the ' i,l..s 

 ol th.!bo<lylik th.^iaek. L.^n^nh, 4.75 ; win,?, 4.O0 ; tail, 2.00. 



Youufr binls hav,. l,.ss ou.ai-inat.. tails, an.l the leathers .".f ba.'k, rump, an.l win-s ...bre.l 

 with whitish. f- n 



Hah. The whole .)f North Anu.ri.'a; B..rum.las ; Greater Antill..s; C.sta IJiea • W.^st- 

 orn Brazil (Pki.z.). Also foun.l in the northern parts .)C the Old World, 

 4''* 



