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B. Throat and breast brownish ; belly white. 7. Rough-winged Swallow. 

 B. All under parts white 5. Tree Swallow. 



C. Throat chestnut or black ; upper tail coverts reddish. 



3. Cliff Swallow. 



C. All under parts white 5. Tree Swallow. 



1. Purple Martin (611. Prdgne subis). — A large, sliming, 

 blue-black swallow, with a notclied tail. The female is not 

 so glossy on the back ; and her throat, 

 breast, and sides are brownish-gray, 

 and her belly white. It nests in boxes, 

 gourds, etc., near human habitations, 

 and is very common throughout the 

 Southern States. 



Length, 8; wing, 5} (5J-6|) ; tail, 3'; 

 forked, |; culmen, J. North America from ^K^.'* ^ 



Mexico to Ontario, wintering from Mexico to -^ .^^ 



South America. 



2. Cuban Martin (611. 1. Prdgne crypto- 

 leuca). — A Florida and Cuban species, »x» 

 very much like the last in habits and 

 appearance, but if the belly feathers are 

 opened, there will be found a broad, 

 white spot on each. The female has 

 the neck, chest, and sides a sooty- Purple Martin 

 brown, changing abruptly to the white of the belly and under 



tail coverts. 



Length, 1\ ; wing, 5^ 

 (5|-5|); tail.'sj. South- 

 ern Florida and Cuba. 



3. Cliff Swallow 



(612. Pelroclielidon lu- 

 nifrons). — A steel- 

 \''.''^^W^ ■'.'■'''' J"V| \ blue-backed swallow, 



- i-iii-— ■■» 1 1 ^1 It— i«!i«*ff^ with a white fore-' 



head, much chestnut 



on the neck, pale 



Cliff Swallow brownish above the 



