ORDER PASSERES. 



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615. Tachycineta thalassina (Swains.). 



Violet-green Swallow. 



Hirundo thalassinus Swains. Phil. Mag. I. 1827, 366. 

 lackycineta thalassina Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 48. 

 [B 228, C 113, R 156, C 161.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the eastern base of 

 the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, north to British Columbia, south, 

 in winter, to Guatemala and Costa Rica. 



Genus CALLICHELISON Baird. 



Callichelidon Bryant, MS. Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. I. 1865, 303. 

 Type, Hirundo cyaneoviridis Bryant. 



[615.1.] Callichelidon cyaneoviridis (Bryant). 



Bahaman Swallow^. 



Hirundo cyaneoviridis Bryant, Pr. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., VII. 



1859, III. 

 Callichelidon cyaneoviridis Bryant, MS. Baird, Rev. Am. Birds, 

 I. 1865, 303. 



[B— C-, R— C— .J 

 Geog. Dist. — Bahamas. Accidental on the Dry Tortugas, Florida. 



Genus CLIVICOLA Forster. 



ClivicolaYo'RST. Synop. Cat. Brit. B. 1817, 55. Ty^^, Hirundo 

 riparia Linn. 



616. divicola riparia (Linn.). 



Bank Swallow. 



Hirundo riparia Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 192. 

 Clivicola riparia Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. 1882, 32. 

 [B 229, C lis, R iS7i C 163.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Northern hemisphere ; in America, south to the 

 West Indies, Central America, and northern South America, breeding 

 from the middle districts of the United States northward to about 

 the limit of trees. 



