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BARN SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo rufa.) 



Hi. cceruleO'Chalyhea^ f route gulaque castanets, ahdomine dilute 

 castaneojjascia pectorali purpurea, rectricibus, duabus interme- 

 diis exceptis, macida alba ohlonga notatis. 



Steel-blue Swallow, with the forehead and throat chesnut, the 

 abdomen pale chesnut, breast with a purple band, all but the . 

 two middle tail-feathers, with an oblong white spot. 



Hirundo rufa. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. ] . 6o. — Gmel, Syst. 

 Nat, 1. \0\Ql—Lath. hid, Orn, 2. 57 A, 5 ? 



Hirundo Americana. Wils, Amer. Orn. 5, 34. 



L'Hirondelle rousse. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer, Sept. 1. 60, P/. 30. 



L'Hirondelle a ventre roux de Cayenne. Bujf\ Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 Q, 607 ^—Buf. PI. Enl. 724./. 1 . female ? 



Barn Swallow. Wils. Amer. Orn. 5. 34. PI, 38. 1. male. 2. fe- 

 male. 



Rufous-bellied Swallow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4, 56G, 5 ? 



The Barn Swallow is seven inches in length, 

 and thirteen in expanse : its beak is black : irides 

 hazel : lores black : the upper part of the head, 

 neck, back, rump, and tail-coverts steel-blue ; 

 breast with a band of the same : forehead and 

 chin deep chesnut: belly, vent, and under part 

 of the wings, light chesnut : wings and tail dusky 

 black, with green reflections ; the latter very 

 much forked, and with all but the two middle 

 feathers with an oblong white spot, similar to the 

 Common European Swallow : legs dark purple : 

 female with the belly and vent rufous white, and 

 the outer tail-feathers shorter than in the male* 

 Inhabits America. 



