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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



FAMILY 



HI RUN DIN I D/E. 



Subfamily, HIRUNDININ^. 



Genus: PROGNE. Boie. 

 PROGNE: BOIE., ISIS, 971, 1826. 



PROGNE DOMINICENSIS. (Gm.) 



Hirundo dominicensis. Gm., Syst. Nat, I. p. 1025 (1788). 

 Hirundelle de S. Domingue. ' ; Briss., Orn., II. 493, n. 3 (1760)." 

 Progne dominicensis. Boie., Isis, p. 971 (1826). — Gosse, Bcls. Jam., 



p. 69 (1847).— Bel., Bwr. and Ridgw., Hist. N. A. Bds., I. 



p. 328 (1874). — Coues, Bds. Col. Val., p. 446 (187S). 



Sft. Char., Male. — Entire upper surface, throat, and sides, steel 

 blue, showing purplish reflections in some lights; rest of underparts, 

 white; quills and tail, dark brown, the feathers having a faint bluish 

 tinge on the outer webs; bill and feet, black. 



Sp. Char., Female. — Upper surface as in the male; throat and 

 sides, ashy brown ; otherwise resembling the male. 



Length 7; wing 5.60; tail 3.10; tarsus .50; bill .50. 



The present species was not uncommon near Samana. None 

 were taken elsewhere, although it is probably abundant in some 

 localities. 



