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 general greenish appearance; inner webs of primaries dark brown, apparently slate color in some lights; under surface of tail dull green; eyelids white.



Length, 5.50; wing, 2.50; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75; bill, .50; middle toe, .40.

Female: General appearance of the male, but differs from it by underparts being tinged with olive, mixing with the gray and top of the head green, showing the slate color faintly.

Hirundo sclateri, sp. nov.

Adult male: Above bright bluish-green, showing a golden color in some becoming decidedly blue on the forehead; upper stu-face of wings and tail showing a tinge of dull blue, brightest on the tail; underparts pure white primaries brown bill and legs veiy dark brown.

Length, 5.25; wing, 5.75 tail, 2.00.

The present species differs decidedly from Hirundo euchrysea from Jamaica, that species having that upper parts bright golden-green, and lacking the blue on the forehead entirely. The Santo Domingo bird is also larger, and the bill is apparently somewhat more slender.

Dr. Bryant mentions the present bird in his list as "H. euchrysea (var. dominicensis?)," stating that on account of its smaller bill it might be a variety, but he gives no description by which it can be identified.

I have named this species in compliment to P. L. Sclater, Esq., of London, England.