l i ï e u a t ü r e .
T u e fo llow in g w e b e liev e to b e a to le ra b ly c o r re c t a c c o u n t o f th e p rin o ip a l L ite ra tu re
r e la tin g to th e E m m d m i d oe . F o r a n e x h a u s tiv e lis t o f p am p h le ts a n d wo rk s b e a rin g on
th e h is to ry o f th e fam ily , th e s tu d e n t is re fe r re d to th e “ B ib lio g ra p h y ” p u b lish e d by
P ro fe s so r BU io tt Cones, in h is ' Bii-ds o f th e C o lo rad o V a lle y ,’ a n d a g a in in h is “ T h ird
I n s t a lm e n t o f A m e r ic a n O rn ith o lo g ic a l B ib lio g ra p h y ” (B u ll. U .S . Geol. S u rv . v . no. t ,
p p . 6 3 2 -6 2 8 ).
1731. C.1TESBY, M a k k . T h e N a tu r a l H is to ry o f C a ro lin a , F lo r id a , a n d th e Balnama
Is la n d s , &c. F o lio . Vol. i. L o n d o n , 1731.
Hirmda purpurea (“ Purple M artm") described and figured (p. 51, pi. 51).
. ------- . T h e sam e. Vol. ii. A p p . p p . 1 -2 2 , pi. 20.
L ’Hirondelle d’Amérique described aud figured (p. 8, pi. 8). [=Chaetura pclaegiu (L.).]
1750. E dwards, G eorge. A N a tu r a l Histoi-y o f B ird s , tto . L o n d o n , 1 7 5 0 . Vol. iii.
p p . 1 0 5 -1 5 7 .
Gives a very bad figure of the " Great American Martin ” (pi. 120) “ brought from Hudson’s Bay
by Mr. Isham.” [= Progneptarpurea (L.).]
17 0 0 . B iu s s o s , A. D . O rn ith o lo g ie , o u M é th o d e c o n t e n a n t la d iv isio n d e s O is e a u x en
O rd re s , S ectio n s, G e n re s , E sp è c e s e t le u rs V a rié té s . A la q u e lle o n a jo in t u n e
d e s c rip tio n e x a c te de c h a q u e E sp è c e , av e c le s C ita tio n s d e s A u ten r.s q u i en o n t
t r a i t é , le s N om s q u ’ils l e u r o n t d o n n é s, c e u x q u e le u r o n t d o n n e s les d iffé ren te s
N a tio n s , e t les N om s v u lg a ire s . T om e ii. -Ito. P a ris , 1700. P p . 4 8 5 -5 1 0 .
1. L ’Hitondclle do cheminée (p. 48G).—Described from a spceimou iu tlio Rcaninur collection.
\_=Hirundo rustica, L.]
Ditto. Var. A. L’Hirondelle blanche (p. -489).—Evidently i
I albino variety of the Common
S-wallow.
2. La Petite Hirondelle, ou le Martinet il cul blanc {p. 490).—Described Irom a specimen m the
Reaunuir collection. [=Hiriindo urbica o£ Linnæus, who, curiously enongh, omits all reference
to Brisson iu liis synonymy of this species.]