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CHECK- LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



422. Cypseloides niger (Gmel.). 



Black Swift. 



Hirundo nigra Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 1025. 

 Cypseloides niger Scl. P. Z. S. June 27, 1865, 615. 



[B 108, C 270, R 350, C 404.] 



Hab. Rocky Mountain region (Colorado), west to the Pacific coast ; 

 nortli to British Columbia, and south to Mexico and the West Indies. 



Genus CHiETURA S thens. 



ChcBtura Steph. Gen. Zool. XIII. pt. ii. 1825, ^(). Type, Hirundo 

 pelaoica Linn. 



423. Chastura pelagica (Linn.). 



Chimney Swift. 



Hirundo pelagica Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 192. 

 Chceticra pelasgia Steph. Gen. Zool. XIII. pt. ii. 1825, 76. 



[B 109, C 271, R 351, C 405.] 



Hab. Eastern North America, north to Labrador and the Fur 

 Countries, west to the Plains, and passing south of the United States 

 in winter. 



424. Chaetnra vanzii (Towns.). 



Vaux's Swift. 



Cypselus vauxii Towns. Joum. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. VIII. 1839, 148. 

 ChcctJira vauxii DeKay, Zool. N. Y. II. 1844, 36. 



[B no, C 272, R 352, C 406.] 



Hab. Pacific slope, from British Columbia south into Mexico. 



Subfamily MICROPODIN-^. 



Genus MICROFUS Meyer & Wolf. 



Micropus Meyer & Wolf, Taschb. Deutsch. Vog. I. 1810, 280. 

 Type, Hirundo apus Linn. 



