. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ''V J X«A"IJ JCiHT! PETROCIIELIDON. 2J1 Petrochelidon fulTa. ilirundo J'Jca, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 62, pi. xxx (St. Do- " '." mingo).—Ib. Nouv. Diet. XIV, 1817, 521.—Ib. Encyc. M6th. II, 1823, b2Q.—Petrochelidon fulva, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1860, 47.—Ib. Jour. Orn. IV, 1856, 3 (Cuba). , . .^ Ilirundo coronata, Lembbyb, Avea de Cuba, 1850, 45, "',f .".- F06. Cuba and St. Domingo ? ' t . (No. 34,238, 9.) Top ot head, back, and scapulars steel blue, with a greenish glos
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ''V J X«A"IJ JCiHT! PETROCIIELIDON. 2J1 Petrochelidon fulTa. ilirundo J'Jca, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 62, pi. xxx (St. Do- " '." mingo).—Ib. Nouv. Diet. XIV, 1817, 521.—Ib. Encyc. M6th. II, 1823, b2Q.—Petrochelidon fulva, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1860, 47.—Ib. Jour. Orn. IV, 1856, 3 (Cuba). , . .^ Ilirundo coronata, Lembbyb, Avea de Cuba, 1850, 45, "',f .".- F06. Cuba and St. Domingo ? ' t . (No. 34,238, 9.) Top ot head, back, and scapulars steel blue, with a greenish gloss, more violet in some specimens. Forebead from the eyes (not strictly defined), nuchal bands and rump (but not tail coverts), dark chestnut brown; chin, throat, sides of breast and crissum, especially near anus, lighter chestnut brown ; the sides of body and inside of wings smoky brown, tinged with the color just mentioned ; median region of the body white. No blackish on the breast or on forehead. Wings and tail with their upper coverts lustrous brown. A dusky spot in the loral region. (No. 34,238, 9 .) Total length, ; wing, ; tail, ; perpendicular depth of fork, .15 ; diflference between 1st and 9th quills, ; length of bill from forehead, .36, from nostril, .21, along gape, .56, width, .45 ; tarsus, .47 ; middle toe and claw, .65, claw alone, .19; hind toe and claw, .37, claw alone, .20. The feathers of the back have a white patch on each sido the shaft, about the middle, causing white streaks when visible among the feathers. The forehead and rump are quite dark chestnut; the chin and throat, with crissum just behind anus, come next in shar"e, this color fading still more on jugulum and sides (the jugulura some- times darker than chin), and scarcely appreciable posteriorly on the side of the abdomen. The longer feathers of crissum are dark brown, with reddish-white edges, much paler than near the vent. The white of the belly is sometimes glosse
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