292 CHECK-LIST OF NOHTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



c. Fetrochelidon lunifrons melanog&stra (Swainson). Mexican Clifi Swal- 

 low. [6126.] 



Hirundo melanogaster Swainson, Philos. Mag., N. S., I, May, 1827, 366. 

 ("Table land of Mexico. It has been since sent from Real del Monte.") 



Range. — Breeds in southern Arizona, Sonora, and Chihuahua, and south 

 over the Mexican tableland to Guatemala ; winter home unknown but proba- 

 bly in South America. 



[Fetrochelidon fiilva (Vieillot). Cuban Cliff Swallow. [612.1.] 



Hirundo fvlva Vieillot, Ois. Amer. Sept., I, 1807 (1808), 62, pi. 32. 

 (Santo Domingo.) 



Range. — Cuba and Isle of Pines ; accidental on Dry Tortugas, 

 Florida.] 



Genus HIRUNDO LinnjEus. 



Hirundo Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 191. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Hirundo rustica LiNN/Brs (Gray, 1840). 



Hirflndo erythrogastra Boddaert. Bam Swallow. [613.] 



Hirundo erythrogaster Boddaert, Table PI. Enl., 1783, 45. (Cayenne.) 



Range. — North America. Breeds from northwestern Alaska, 

 northern Mackenzie (Great Bear Lake), southern Manitoba, and 

 southern Ungava south to southern California, southern Texas (west 

 of longitude 97°), northern Arkansas, and North Carolina, and in 

 Mexico south to Jahsco and Tepic; migrates through the Bahamas 

 and the West Indies and winters from southern Mexico to Brazil, 

 northern Argentina, and central Chile; accidental in the Galapagos, 

 Bermuda, and Greenland. 



[Hirundo rustica Linn.s:us. European Swallow. [613.1.] 



Hirundo rustica Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 191. (Sweden.) 



Range. — Palsearctic region. Breeds generally, except in the 

 extreme eastern part; winters south to India, Malay Peninsula, the 

 Philippines, and Africa; accidental in Greenland.] 



