diiFerent colour of the upper parts, from which there is an absolute absence of any purplish 

 shade. 



The Bahama Swallow was first made known to science by the late Dr. Bryant, who 

 gave the following note upon the s^iecies : — - 



"This Swallow, which I have been unable to find described, is one of the most 

 beautiful species inhabiting North America. I saw them during the whole of my stay 

 at Nassau, but only on the first mile of the road leading to the west end of the island. 

 They were so abundant there that tliirty or forty could be seen at almost all times. The 

 flight was more like that of H. horreonim than S. hlcolor. They generally followed the 

 road up and down, seldom flying high, but skimming along near the ground. I did not 

 succeed in finding their nests, and could not ascertain Avhether it bred on the island or 

 not. I killed no specimen after the 28th of April ; up to this date the genital organs 

 exhibited no appearance of excitement. The stomachs of those dissected contained 

 entirely small dipterous insects, some of them extremely minute." 



Mr. C. B. Cory, in his ' Birds of the Bahama Islands,' writes : — 



" The beautiful little Bahama Swallow seems to be restricted to the Bahama Islands. 

 A few were seen on Andros Island in January, but they were flying high, and we were 

 unable to shoot them. During the month of June they became very abundant in the 

 neighbourhood of Nassau, and I was able to procure a fine series of specimens. In their 

 habits they do not seem to differ from our common species {T. hlcolor), except pei'haps 

 that they are not as quick in their movements. Their food seems to be entirely insecti- 



VOl'OUS." 



Messrs. Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway believe that the species may probably occur on 

 the coast of Florida. 



Our descriptions are derived from two specimens in the Salvin-Godman collection, 

 to which they were presented by Mr. Cory. The figure is taken from one of the same 

 birds. 



