SWALLOWS. 



310 



fill. PiKPr.K Mahtiv S , 

 1)11.1. Ci is.vN M.MniN S . 



KKY TO THK HI'KflKS. 



yl. Upper parts witli iiictallk' retli'vtioiis. 



a. Uiiiler parts i<ti't'l-l)liu;. 



a*. Feathers on the belly fuscous at the base 



«'. Feathers on the helly white at the base . 



h. Throat eiiestnut, rufous, or hrownish. 



6'. Upper tail-eoverts the same as the haek ; tail with wliite spots. 



'ii;'.. Hahn Swallow. 



Ii"^. rpper tail-eoverts rufous or bully ; no w hite in tlie tail. 



Ol'J. Clifk Swallow. 

 c. Throat fjray or white. 



t'. Entire untler part.f wliite tJ14. Trek Swallow. 



(». Thn at and breast brownish gray . . . . tjll. I'lki'le Mauti.n 9. 



(^. Throat, breast, and sides sooty brownish gray. 



Gll.l. CiuanMauti.v 9. 

 Ii. Upper parts without metallic reflections. 



a. Under parts entirely white tJl-t. Tuke Swallow. 



b. Throi t and lireast brownish gray . . t;i7. KoitMi-wiN(iKi> Swallow. 



c. Throat and belly wliite; a brownish gray band across the breast. 



GIC. Bakk Swallow. 



611. Progne subis (Linn.). Tiuple Maktix. Ad. ^ .—Shining 

 blue-black; -wings and tail duller. Ad. 9. — Upper parts glossy bluish black, 

 duller than in the i ; wings and tail black ; throat, breast, ami siiles brownisli 

 gray, niore or less tipi)ed with white; belly white. Jin. — Resembles the 9. 

 L.,"yO(); W., jVsO; T., ii-JO ; H. from N., -S'J. 



liamje. — North America, north to Newfoundland and the Saskatchewan; 

 breeds tlirougliout its range; winters in Central and South America. 



Washington, rather common S. K.. ,\pl. 12 to Sept. T). Sing Sing, tolerably 

 common S. R., Apl. 27 to Sept. 11. Cambridge, locally common 8. K., Apl. 20 

 to Aug. 25. 



NeKt.1 of straws, twigs, etc., in houses or gourds erected for the purpose. 

 E(j(j8., four to Ave, white, I'OO x -73. 



The Purple Martin is very common throughout the .south, and 

 breeds wherever {gourds or boxes are erected for its occupation. h\ 

 the Northern States it is a comparatively rare bird of local distribu- 

 tion, and is apparently decreasing in numbers each year. 



In Forest and Stream, vol. xxii. 1S84, p. 484, Mr. Otto Widmann, 

 of Old Orchard, Missouri, presents an interesting table shovring how 

 often young Martins are fed. lie watched a colony of sixteen pairs 

 of birds from 4 A. M. to 8 P. M., during which time the parents visited 

 their offspring U,277 times, or an average of 2()o times for each pair. 

 The nuiles made 1,454, the females 1,821} visits. 



611.1. Progne cryptoleuca Bdird. Cihax .Maktix, .Id. ,; .— 

 " Similar to P. mihi^i. but feathers of ventral region marked beneath surface, 

 with a broad spot or bar of white." Ad. 9 und lin. i . — Similar to those of 





