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again on several occasions in October of the same year. At Key West he 
observed them on April 18 and 29, 1887, and on October 11 and 13, 1888, 
they were more abundant than at any other time. 
Progne subis cryptoleuca. CusaAN MArTIN.—It seems probable that all 
Martins found dreedzvg on the Gulf Coast of Florida, at least as far north 
as Tarpon Springs, are referable to this form, and though the material that 
I have before me is limited, yet one of the male birds is fairly interme- 
diate between P. subzs proper and what I think will ultimately have to be 
considered as the subspecies P. sub¢s cryptoleuca, though the latter is 
now given specific rank. (See Check-List of North American Birds. 
Abridged Edition, Revised, 1889, p. 55, No. 611.1.) I have submitted 
material collected in the vicinity of Tarpon Springs to Mr. J. A. Allen, 
who concurs in the above views and from whose letters on the subject 
I quote as follows: ‘‘The Martins I should refer to Progue subis crypto- 
leuca, of which the singie female and two of the males are fairly typical, 
judging from my limited material. The other male I should consider 
an intermediate between P. subts and P. subis cryptoleuca, which latter I 
believe at least only a geographical race of P. szbzs.” As the birds are 
abundant in the breeding season in the town of Tarpon Springs and as I 
am expecting additional representatives from at least two points to the 
south on the Gulf Coast, as well as from Key West, [ hope at an early 
date with more abundant material to deal conclusively with the subject. 
At Tarpon Springs it is difficult to obtain the birds as they are almost 
confined to the town limits, where shooting of all birds at any season is 
prohibited. At this point the first Martins to arrive are seen as early as 
the first week in March, but I suspect these are representatives of true 
P. subts on their way north, as the birds that frequent the Martin boxes in 
the town do not seem at all common until the first week in April, and do 
not nest until the middle or last of that month. Mr. Atkins noticed the 
first Martins at Punta Rassa on March 20, 1886, and saw them frequently 
during the summer ‘‘at a point on the beach near the pine trees.” ‘‘Evi- 
dently breeds.” He has also noted Martins as rather common migrants 
at Key West, but has not found them breeding at that point. 
Chelidon erythrogaster. BarRN SwALLow. — A common spring and 
very abundant fall migrant, and a few are met with in warm days through- 
out the winter, in the vicinity of Tarpon Springs. Some few breed at or 
near the same point. Mr. Atkins’s observations at Punta Rassa and Key 
West coincide with what I have written above, except that he has not 
Observed the birds breeding, though he has seen them at Key West on 
June 11, and again on August 6-10 in numbers. 
Tachycineta bicolor, TREE SwALLow.—A more abundant migrant 
and winter resident in the region about Tarpon than the last. Mr. Atkins 
finds them to be much rarer migrants than the Barn Swallow at both 
Punta Rassaand Key West. 
Clivicola riparia. BANK SwALLow.—Observed in fall and spring as an 
uncommon migrant in the vicinity of Tarpon Springs. Mr. Atkins has 
not met with the species at either of the points on the Gulf coast where 
he has collected. 
