282 SWALLOW. 



inner web ; in this differing from our Chimney Swallow, as that has 

 a white spot on all but the two middle feathers; though in one we 

 have seen from Georgia, there was a minute spot of white on the 

 fifth feather also. 



Inhabits Georgia, but is not common, first seen there the latter 

 end of April, extends also to Paraguay, and no doubt to be met 

 with in the intermediate parts ; was observed, a few in number, in 

 December, between 28 and 29 degrees of latitude, also in 27 degrees 

 of latitude in September. 



2— BARN SWALLOW. 



Hirundo Americana, Amer. Om. v. p. 34. pi. 38. f. 1. 2. 

 L'Hirondelle rousse, Vieill. Am. i. 60. pi. 30. 

 Barn Swallow, Shaiv's Zool. x. p. 88. 



LENGTH seven inches, extent of wing thirteen. Bill black; 

 irides hazel ; plumage above steel blue, with a greenish tinge on the 

 wings and tail ; forehead and chin deep chestnut ; belly, vent, and 

 under wing coverts light chestnut ; across the breast a steel blue 

 band ; tail much forked, all but the two middle feathers with an 

 oblong spot of white ; legs dusky purple. In the female the belly 

 and vent are rufous white, and the tail is shorter. 



Inhabits North America, comes into Philadelphia, and other parts 

 as far north as the River St. Lawrence, the end of March, or beginning 

 of April, and retires the end of August; observed in great numbers in 

 Florida in September and October, passing southwards. These 

 never build in chimnies, but make the nest in barns, and other out- 

 houses, and sometimes as many as twenty or thirty in one barn ; the 

 nest in shape an inverted cone, formed of mud and hay, lined with 

 hay and feathers, and fastened by one side to a beam, &c. the 

 eggs as in the European Species ; and they have generally two 



