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2. Massachusetts, 29tli May. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. East Providence, Rhode Island, W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



26th May. [P.], 



2. Connecticut. Cro-wley Bequest. 



Petrochelidon swainsoni, Scl. 



Petrochelidon swainsoni, Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. Cmtr.-Amer., Aves, i. 

 p. 227 (188.3) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds S. M. x. p. 194 (1885) ; id. ^ 

 Wyatt, Mon. Hirtindinidce, ii. p. 555 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 87 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901). 



The eggs of Swainson's Cliff-Swallow resemble the coarsely 

 marked eggs of P. pyrrhonota. Three examples measure respec- 

 tively : -85 by -55 ; -82 by -56 ; -83 by -6. 



1. Valladolid, Yucatan {Oaumer). Gould Coll. 



2. Yucatan. Crowley Bequest. 



Petrochelidon fulva ( Vieill.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 5.) 



Hirundo poeciloma, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 64 (1 847) . 



Petrochelidon fulva, Salv. 8^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 228 

 (1883) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 195 (1885) ; id. <^ Wyatt, 

 Mon. ilirundimda, ii. p. 561 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 87 (1899) ; Sharpe, JSand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901). 



The eggs of the Caribbean Cliff-Swallow are of a white colour, 

 delicately speckled all over with chestnut, umber-brown, and 

 lavender. They measure from '74 to '8 in length, and from '52 to 

 •6 in breadth. 



2. Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.]. 



1, Jamaica. W. Radclilfe Saunders, Esq. 



LP.]. 



3. Jamaica, 3rd June ( W. Osborne : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. St. Thomas, Jamaica, 9th June Crowley Bequest. 



(C. B. Taylor). 



Petrochelidon spilodera (Sundev.). 



Petrochelidon spilodera, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 357 

 (1875-84) ; Butler, Feilden %■ Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 249 ; Sliarpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M, x. p. 198 (1885) ; id. 8r Wyatt, Mon. Hirundimda, ii. 

 p. 573 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. -g. 87 (1899) _; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901) ; Stark Sc Selater, Fauna S. Africa, Bird's, 

 ii. p. 304 (1901). 



The eggs of the South-African Cliflf-Swallow resemble those of 

 P. pyrrhonota. They measure from -75 to -87 in length, and from 

 •56 to -58 in breadth. 



