258 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 4, 



2. Vireosylvia olivacea (Linn.); Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p.565. 



V. olivacea et V. agilis, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 43 ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 



1866, p. 179; 1867, pp. 749, 977. 



Upper Ucayali, Chyavetas, and Chamicuros (Bartlett) ; Pebas 

 (Hauxwell). 



Fam. Hirundinid^e. 



The seven Swallows obtained by Mr. Bartlett are mostly wide- 

 ranging species. Atticora faseiata ranges into Guiana on one side 

 and Western Ecuador on the other, but not further. 



1. Progne tapera (Linn.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 178 ; 



1867, p. 749. 



Upper and Lower Ucayali ; Xeberos {Bartlett). 



" Common on the Upper and Lower Amazon, and breeds in large 

 numbers in all the country visited. The eggs, white, and four or 

 five in number, are deposited in holes in sandy banks ; nest made of 

 fine dried grass or fibres ; breeds in September." — E. B. 



2. Progne chalybea (Gm.) *. 



P. leucogastra, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 749, 754. 



Xeberos, Yurimaguas, Chyavitas, and Chamicuros. 



" Breeds, like a Woodpecker, in holes in trunks of trees." — E. B. 



3. Atticora fasciata (Gm.); Scl. & Salv. P. Z S. 1866, p. 178; 

 1867, p. 749. 



Upper Ucayali, Yurimaguas, and lakes of Santa Cruz {Bartlett). 



" Breeds in banks along with Stelgidopteryx ruficollis, and lays 

 four or five white eggs. The nest is rather more complete in 

 structure than that of the latter, the grass-fibres and bents being 

 finer. Nest taken in July." — E. B. 



4. Atticora cyanoleuca (Vieill.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 178; 1867, p. 749. 



Nauta, Chyavetas, and Yurimaguas {Bartlett). 

 " Does not breed on the Upper Amazon." — E. B. 



5. COTYLE RIPARIA (Linil.). 



" Nauta ; several specimens obtained." — E. B. 

 Natterer had previously obtained specimens of this species on the 

 Rio Negro (see Pelzeln, Urn. Bras. p. 18). 



6. HlRUNDO ALBIVENTRIS, Bodd. 



Petrochelidon albiventris, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 178. 



Hirundo cequatorialis, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 977, 979. 



Lower and Upper Ucayali and Santa Cruz {Bartlett) ; Pebas 

 {Hauxwell). 



" Builds in the holes of dead trees on the banks of rivers over- 

 hanging the water. The nest is composed of fibres of bark, dry 

 grass, and feathers of different kinds of birds, such as the White 

 * Fide Sel. P.Z.S. 1872, p. 606. 



