482 



NUUTII AMEUIUAN UlUDS. 



C. splnioauda.' Uiipor parts glossy black, with a white bund across tho 

 ruini). Dilow sooty-whitish, with iiulislinct bhick marks on tho brcusU 

 wing, 3.00. Hub. Caycnuo and Brazil. 



Cheetura pelagica, Baird. 



CHIMNET SWALLOW. 



IJinindo pelagica, LiNN. Syst. Nat. cd. 10, 1758, 1U2. HirundojKlasijin, LiNN. Syst. Not. 

 I, 170(i, 345. — Wii.s. Am. Dm. V, 1812, 48, pi. xxxlx, lig. 1. Cijpselm pclas(jiii, 

 Aui). Oni. Biog. II, 1834, 32!) ; V, 419, pi. clviii. Chcchim pclamjia, Stki-ukss, in 

 Shaw's Gen. Zoiil. Birds, XIII, ll, 1825, 70. --In. Birds America, I, 1840, 104, pi. 

 xliv. — B.viui), Birds N. Am. 1858, 144. — .SAMfKl..s, 110. — Allkx, Birds Fla. 301. 

 Acfinthylis pcldsijia, "Te.m.m." — Bon. C'onsp. 1850, 04. — C'assin, 111. I, 1855, 241. 

 Hcmiprucne pclasijia, SruKUUEL, Isis, 1848, 303. Aculeuted Swalloiv, Pes.n. Are. 

 Zoijl. 11, 1785, 432. Cypsdus pchistjius, Max. Cab. Joiini. 1858. 



Sp. Ciiak. Tail slightly rouuded. Sooty-brown all over, except on the throat, which 



becomes considerably lighter from the 

 breast to the bill. Above with a 

 greenish tinge ; the rinnp a littli- 

 paler. Length, ").'2") ; .ving, 5.10; tail, 

 2.15. 



Had. Eastern United States to 

 slopes of Rocky Mountains ? 



The etymology of the specific 

 name of pchinfjia, used by Lin- 

 iiiL'us, of this bird, iu the twelfth 

 edition of Systema Natura3, 

 has always been a question. 

 We find that the word in the 

 tenth edition is iKhajica, refer- 

 ring probably to the supposed 

 passage over tho Carilibean Sea in its annual migrations. 



Chaturct vau.ri,\.\\e western representative of this bird, i.s extremely similar, 

 but distinguishable by considerably smaller size, much ligliter, almost white, 

 tlu'o^^, paler rump, and under parts decidedly ligliter than the back. C. 

 poliiu-a, which much resembles it, is blacker above, and much darker below. 

 (See syno])sis ou page 1027.) 



Habits. Tlie common Chimney Swallow of North Am(u-ica lias an ex- 

 tended range throughout tlie eastern portions of the continent, from tiie 

 Atlantic to the oOth parallel of northern latitude. It was not met with by 

 Dr. llichardson in the fur regions, but was found by Say at Pembina, on 



1 Chmtura spinicauda, Sci,. C'l/psehts spinicanduji, Tkm. Tabl. Jletli. p. 78 (ex BiiH'. PI. 

 Enl. 726, f. 1). Ariiiilhiilh s. BdtK. Isis, 1826, p. 971 ; Boxap. Cnnsp. p. 64. Cliattitra s. Sci,. 

 Catal. Am. Birds, 1862, 283. Uinmdo pelasgia, var., Lath. Iml. Orn. II, 581. Hab. Cayenne 

 and Brazil. 



Oiatum pelasfira. 



