CHARACTERS OF PETROCHELIDON LUNIFRONS 427 



Cecropis lunifrons. Bow, Ms, 1838,315; 1844,175. 



Petrochelidcn lunlfi'ons, —1—Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. 1861, 317 (New Grenada).— 

 Scl. Cat. AB. 1863, 40.— Bd. Eev. AB. 1865, 288— Ooites, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 72 

 (Arizona) —Ooues, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, 276 (New England).— OoMes, Key, 1872, 114.— 

 Trippe, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 48.— Aiken <& Solden, Pr. Best. Soc. xt. 1872, m.—Mayn. 

 Pr. Boat. Soc. xiv. 1872, 369 (New England).— lf«rr. Ann. Eep. TJ. S. Geol. Sarv. Terr, 

 for 1872, 1873, 676, 713.— Oo«f«, BNW. 1874, m.—Bidgw. Am. Nat viii. 1874, 200.— 

 B. B. <& It. NAB. i. 1874, 334, pi. IC, f. 13.— Brew. Pr. Boat. Soc. xvii. 1875, HO.— Nets. 

 Pr. Boat. Soc. xvii. 1875, 339 (Utah).— Farr. c6 Hensh. Eep. Orn. Speca. 1874, n.—3ensh. 

 List B. Ariz. 1875, loS.Sensh. Zeol. Expl. "W. 100 Merid. 1875, ilS.Sensh. Eep. Orn. 

 Specs. 1874, 42, 60, 75, lOi.-Oentry, Life-Hist. 1876, 190.— ilfino«, BNE. 1877, 144.— 

 McOauhy, Bull. IT. S. Geol. Sarv. iii. n. 3, 1877, 662 (Taxas). —Bidgw. Eep. Snrv.40tli 

 Par. iv. 1877, 440. 



Hlrnndo opifex, De WM Clint. Ann. Lye. N. T. i. 1824, 161. 



Hlrundo respubllcana, Aud. Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. 1824, 164. 



Hirundo fnlya, De Witt Clint. Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. 1824, 158.- Jtp. AC. i. 1825, 63, pL 7, f. 1 .— 

 Bp. Ann. Lyo. N. Y. ii. 1826, 64.— ie«8. Tr. Orn. 1831, 270.— Awd. OB. i. 1831, 353, pi. 58.— 

 Nutt. Man. i. 1832, 603.— Ormfft. Comm. Journ. Phila. Acad. vii. 1837, 193 (Columbia 

 Eivcr).-Bp. CGL. 1838, 9.— Peal. Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 345 — Towijis. Journ. Philn. 

 Acad. viii. 1839, 155.— Aud. BA. i. 1840, 177, pi. 4T.-0iraud, BLL 1844, 3».—Qamb. Pr. 

 Phila. Aead. iii. 1846, 110 (California).— DeTini/, PZS. 1847, 31.—Thomps. Vermont, 

 1853, m.—Hoy, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1853, 301.— Mead, Pr. Phila. Aead. 1853, 401.— Bcnrj/, 

 Pr. Phila. Acad. 185.5, 308 (New Mexico).— iCcjmio. Tr. Illinois Agrio. Soc. i. 1855, 581.— 

 Pratten, ibid. 600.— PM(n. Pr. Eas. Inst. i. 1856, 205.— jlfaxtm. J. f. 0. 1858, WO.—Heeirm. 

 PEEE. X. 1859. 36. 



Hlrundo fnlyus, Willis, Smiths. Eep. for 1858, 1859, 281 (Nova Scotia). 



Herse fnlva, Bp. CA. i. 1850, 341 (in part at least). 



PetrocbelidOD fnlva, Bp. Compt. Eend. xxxviiL 1854, 650 (in part at least). 



Hirundo melanogaster, Sw. Pbilos. Mag. i. 1827, 366 ; laia, 1834, 783 (name inept). 



Fetrochelidon melanogastra, Cab. MH. i. 1850, 47. 



Hirundo swainsonl, Sd. PZS. 1858, 296 (Oaxaca); 1859, 376 (Oixaca. Mere change of 

 name from melanogaster) .—Bd. Eev. AB. 186.5, iSO.—Salv. Ibia, 1866, 192 (Guatemala). 



FetTDCbclldon swalnsonil, Scl. Cat. AB. 1862, 40. 



Fetrocbelidon swainsoni, Lawr. Bull. Nat. Mns. n. 4, 1876, 17 (Tehnantepec). 



Hirundo coronata, lAcht. "Mus. Berol." 



White-fronted Swallow, Sw. <t Rich. 1. c. 



Republican or CHIT Swallow, Aud. 1. c. 



Rocky Mountain Swallow, Sazord, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1851, 141 (habits). 



Cliff Swallow, Eaye Swallow, Authora. 



Hab — North America, at large, breeding in suitable localities. North to 

 Severn River (Forster, 1772) and the Arctic Ocean; northeast to Nova 

 Scotia ( Vieillot, 1823) ; northwest to the Yukon. Wrongly supposed to have 

 lately migrated into the Eastern United States. South through Mexico to 

 Panama at least (resident Mexican birds = swainsomi). ? Not West. Indies 

 (i^/ulva Vieillot). 



Ch. sp. — (J 9 Dorso, pileo, et macula gulari chalybeis ; fronte 

 albicante ; gula, lateribus capitis, tectricibus caudalibus superiori- 

 bus rufis ; infra brunneo-grisea, abdomine albicante. 



$ 2 > adult : Back and top of head, with a spot on the throat, deep lus- 

 trous steel-blue, that of the crown and back separated by a grayish nuchal 

 collar. Frontlet white or brownish-white. Shorter upper tail-coverts 

 rufous. Chin, throat, and sides of head intense rufous, sometimes purplish- 

 chestnut, prolonged around the side of the nape. Under parts dull grayish- 

 brown, with usually a rufous tinge (rusty-gray), and dusky shaft-lines, 



