HIRUNDIN^. HIRUNDO. 
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From! the Texas northward. Rocky Mountains, and all intermediate 
districts. Migratory. 
Purple Martin, Hirundo purpurea, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 58. 
Hirundo purpurea, Bonap. Syn. p. 64. 
Purple Martin, Hirundo purpurea, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 598. 
Purple Martin, Hirundo purpurea, Aun. Orn. Biog. v, i. p. 115 ; v. v. p. 408. 
46. 2. Hirundo bicolor. Vieill. White-bellied Swallow. 
Plate XCVIII. Male and Female. 
Wings a little longer than the tail, which is deeply emarginate. 
Upper parts steel blue, with green reflections, lower white ; feet 
flesh-coloured. Female similar to the male. 
Male, 5 5 , 10. Female. 
From Texas northward. Columbia River, and all intermediate dis- 
tricts. Winters in Florida and Louisiana. 
Green-blue or White-bellied Swallow, Hirundo viridis, Wils. Amer. Ornith. v. iii. 
p. 44. 
Hirundo bicolor, Bonap. Syn. p. 65. 
White-bellied Swallow, Hirundo bicolor, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 605. 
White-bellied Swallow, Hirundo bicolor, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 491 ; v. v. p. 417. 
47. 3. Hirundo fulva, Vieill. Cliff- Swallow, — Republican 
Swallow. 
Bill shorter than in the last species ; wings of the same length as the 
tail, which is slightly emarginate. Upper part of head, back, and 
smaller wing-coverts black with bluish-green reflections ; forehead 
white, generally tinged with red ; loral space and a band on the lower 
part of the forehead black ; chin, throat, and sides of the neck deep 
brownish-red ; a patch of black on the fore-neck ; rump light yellow- 
ish-red ; lower parts greyish-white, anteriorly tinged with red. Fe- 
male similar to the male. Young dark greyish-brown above, reddish- 
white beneath. 
Male, 6j, 12. Female, 5i\, 12l. 
From Kentucky northward. Abundant from New York to Nova 
Scotia. Columbia River. Rocky Mountains. Migratory. 
Fulvous or cuff Sw'allow, Hirundo fulva, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 63. 
Hirundo fulva, Bonap. Syn. p. 64. 
Fulvous or Cliff SwaUow, Hirundo fulva, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 603. 
Republican or Cliff Swallow, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 353 ; v. v. p. 415. 
48. 4. Hirundo rustica, Linn. Chimney- Swallow. — Barn- 
Swallow. 
Plate CL XXIII. Male and Female. 
Tail very deeply forked, the lateral feathers much exceeding the 
wings. Forehead and throat bright chestnut ; upper parts and a band 
on the fore-neck glossy deep steel-blue ; quills and tail brownish-black 
