HIBUNDINXILE — THE SWALLOWS. 
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Genus HIRUNBO, Linn, (Page 31.) 
Subgenus H I RU HDD, Linn. (Page 3L) 
H. horreorum. Above glossy blue, back streaked with concealed white. Beneath 
reddish-white forehead and throat rufous ; a black pectoral collar interrupted in middle ; 
| tail-feathers with large light spots on inner webs. Tail very deeply forked. Length, 
7.00. Nest of mud and grass- 0 , lined with feathers; open above. Eggs white, spotted 
with reddish. Hab. North America ; north to Great Slave Lake ; south to Panama and 
West Indies. South America ? {Barn Swallow.) 
Subgenus f ACHY Cl NET A* Gab. (Page 32.) 
Common Characters. Blue or green above, white below. Nest usually in 
holes of trees, or cliffs, without mud in their composition. Eggs immaculate, 
pure white. 
Plumage above soft and velvety without metallic gloss. Sides of head, space flff?- 
around eyes, and whole under parts, white:; with the feathers all plumbeous 
at base. Female duller in plumage. Young with bases of throat-feathers < Jg: 
gray to roots.. Length, 4.75. 
H. thsd&ssma. Above velvety-green, with various shades and tinges 
of violet and purple. Hob. Western and Middle Provinces of United 
States ; south to Guatemala. ( Violet-green Swallow.) 
Plumage above compact, and with rich green metallic gloss. Sides of head 
to line with eyes like its upper part. Beneath white; the feathers of chin 
and throat, and generally of crissum, white to base. A concealed spot in 
jugulum. Female duller-. Young with bases of throat-feathers pure white 
to roots. Length, 6.25. 
K. biCG-lor. Above metallic-green. Inside of wings and axillars ash- j 
color. Mab. North America; north to Great Slave Lake ; south to ^ 
Guatemala. Bermuda and Cuba. {White-bellied Swallow.) 
Genus STELGtIDGPTRRY^, Baird. (Page 31.) 
S. serripemiis. Above uniform smoky-brown. Beneath mouse-gray ; the abdomen 
and crissum white ; the latter sometimes tinged with dusky. No trace of pectoral band. 
Length, 5.40. Nest in holes in banks ; ; composed of sticks and feathers. Eggs immacu- 
late pure white. Mab. All United States; south to Central Mexico. }{Roughrwinged 
Swallow .) 
Genus COTYLR, Boie. (Page 32.) 
C. rip aria. Above grayish-brown, the margins of feathers somewhat paler. Beneath 
pure white ; the sides of body and pectoral band like back. Length, 4.75. Nest exca- 
vated in sand-banks. Eggs pure white. Hab. Both hemispheres. In America, from 
Arctic Ocean to Brazil, >( Bank Swallow.) 
