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PURPLE SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo purpurea.) 



Hi. violacea cceruleo-nitens, alts, caudaque nigricantibus, Faemi- 

 na, gula,pectoreque cinereo-Juscisy abdomine albo. 



Violet Swallow, with a shining blue tinge, and the wings and 

 tail dusky. Female with the throat and breast grey brown, 

 abdomen white. 



Hirundo purpurea. Lin. Si/st. Nat, 1. 344. 5. mas. — Gmel. Syst, 

 Nat, 1. 1020. mas. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 578. 22. — JVils. Amer. 

 Orn. 5. 58. 



Hirundo violacea. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 1026. mas. 



Hirundo subis. Lin. Syst, Nat, 1. 344. 7. foem. — Ginel, Syst, 



Nat. 1. 1021. foem. 

 Hirundo caerulea. Vieil. Ois, de PAmer. Sept, 1. 67. 

 Hirundo apos carolinensis. Briss, Orn, 2. 515. 17. mas. 

 Hirundo freti Hudsonis. Briss. App, Orn. 56. 18. foem. 

 Hirondelle bleue de la Caroline ou Louisiane. BTiffl Hist, Nat, 



Ois. 6. 674. msLS.—'Buf, PL Enl. 722. mas. 

 L'Hirondelle bleue. Vieil, Ois, de VAmer, Sept. 1. 57. t> 26. 



mas. t, 27. foem. 

 Le Martinet coleur de pourpre. Buff, Hist, Nat, Ois, 6. 676. 



mas. 



Hirondelle de la bale d'Hudson. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois, 6. 677 ^ 

 foem. 



Great American Martin. Edwards. 2. 120. foem. 



Purple Martin. Catesby. Carol, l.pl.51. male. — Wilson. Amer. 



Orn, 5. 58. pi. Sg.Ji 1. male.y. 2. female. 

 Violet Swallow. Lath, Gen, Syn, 4. 574. 21. male. 

 Canada Swallow. Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 575. 24. female. 

 Purple Swallow. Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 575. 23. male.— Pew. Arcf. 



Zool. 2. 333. male. 



This bird has been so frequently described 

 under different names, that it has caused great 



