SHORT COMMUNICATIONS 
155 
TABLE 1. Continued. 
Neotropical Palm Swift 
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift 
Prey Iaeon 
% 
n 
% 
n 
Diptera, continued 
Sciaridae 
8 
Dolichopodidae 
21 
20 
Ephydridae 
26 
2 
Lauxaniidae 
2 
1 
Chloropidae 
68 
21 
Chamaerayiidae 
1 
Agromyzidae 
16 
3 
Drosophilidae 
6 
1 
Stratiomyidae 
4 
Empididae 
1 
Phoridae 
5 
Chironomidae 
2 
Milichiidae 
7 
Mycetophilidae 
2 
Cecidomyiidae 
1 
Pipunculidae 
1 
Otitidae 
1 
Sepsidae 
4 
Anthomyzidae 
13 
Trixoscelididae 
2 
Lepidoptera 
0.5 
0 
Coleophoridae 
1 
Pyralidae 
1 
Acarina 
1.1 
4 
0 
Totals 
381 
108 
FIG. 1. Distribution of prey sizes of the Neotropical Palm Swift (dark bars) and Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (shaded bars). 
