TACHYCINETA ALBILINEA [antea, p. 149]. 



Add:— 



Tachycineta alUUnea, Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 392 (1883). 



Since writing our article on this species the following specimens have been received 

 by Messrs. Salvin and Godman :— " Tampico, February to June ( W. B. BicJiardson) ; 

 Vega del Casadero, Vera Cruz, December (Jf. Trujillo) ; Eio Papagaio, 1200 feet. State 

 of Guerrero, October {Mrs. S. H. Smith) ; Cayo, British Honduras {F. Blancaneaux) ." 



Mr. Nutting, in his notes on the birds of Nicaragua, observes: — "Abundant. 

 Generally seen along the shore of the lake, sitting on the dead trees overhanging the 

 water, whence it makes short excursions after insects much in the manner of 

 Flycatchers." 



For the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 32 [Map]. 



TACHYCINETA MEYENI [rm^^a, p. 153]. 



Add : — 



Tachycineta meyeni, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 79 (1889) ; Scl. Ibis, 

 1891, p. 16 ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 196. 



Dk. Rusbt procured this species at the Falls of the Madeira River, Bolivia, in October. 

 He says it is more of a river Swallow than T. albiventris, frequenting the vicinity of 

 streams. 



Since writing our account of this species Mr. A. H. HoUand has met with it 

 at the Estancia Espartilla, near Ranchos, on the Southern Railway of Buenos Ayres. 

 It is curious that the species was not met with by Mr. Hudson during his long 

 residence near Buenos Ayres, and it is an interesting fact if the bird is a recent visitor 

 to the neighbourhood. Mr. Holland writes: — "This Martin is the commonest of the 

 family here, arriving late in July and departing in April, although many remain with 

 us all the year round, retiring on the coldest nights to the long paja-grass, from which 

 one revises them as one rides along. In the daytime these birds hawk around travellers, 

 catching the numberless insects roused by them. The nest is placed in Oven-birds' 

 nests, holes in trees, spouts, and under eaves ; it is composed of a little straw, thickly 

 lined with numberless soft feathers. The eggs are six in number, white, and rather 

 blunt. It breeds in the middle of October." 



For the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 35 [Map]. 



