P ROGNE FU R C A TA , ^ . / ; . . / .
PATAGOXIAX PURPLE MARTIN.
Profiiie ¡nirpurea (ncc L.), Gould, Voy. ‘ Beagle,’ Birds, p. 38 (1841); Sel. P. Z. S.
1872, p. 548; Hudson, t. c. p. GOO; Duruford, Ibis, 1877, p. 32, 1878, p. 302;
Wliite, P.Z. S. 1882, p. 595.
Progne modesta (nec Gould), Gray, Cat. Pissir. Brit. ilu s. p. 28 (1848).
Progne furcata, Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 278 (1801); Sclater, P. Z. S. 1807,
pp. 321, 337; id. P. Z. S. 1808, p. 531; Gray, Haud-l. B. i. p. 74, no. 890 (1809);
Sharpe, Auk, i. p. 308 (1881); id. Cat. Birds in Brit. Mus. x. p. 175 (1885);
Sclater & Hudson, Argent. Orn. i. p. 24 (1888).
Progne elcgans (juv.), Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 275 (1864); id. in Baird, Brower,
& Ridgw. Hist. N. Amer. B. i. p. 328 (1874); Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club,
viii. p. 89 (1883).
P . p u rjn ira s c e n ti-n ig ra : fasciii a lba ujiicA scricefi ad la te r a do rsi iiifimi positii.
¡[(tO. iu Am e ric a merid io u a li, in P a ta g o n ia u sq u e a d B ra s iliam m c rid io u a lem e t p roviiic iam M endoz anam .
A d u lt male. G en e ra l c o lo u r purplisL b lu e above and b e low ; tb e le s s e r and m ed ian w ing-cove rts lik e
th e b a c k ; g r e a te r coverts, b a s ta rd -w iu g , p rim a ry -co v e rts , a n d q u ills b la ck , glossed e x te rn a lly witli
blue ; ta il-lc a th e rs b la ck , washed with b lu e ; o n th e sides o f th e h a ck a small tu f t o f silk y white
fe a th e rs . To ta l le n g th 7-7 iuche s, culm cn 0 '5 , win g 5 ’55, ta il 3 '3 , ta rsu s 0 '6 .
A d u lt fem a le . G en e ra l co lo u r above d u ll b lu e , w ith a b rown shade on th e fo reh e ad a n d h in d e r u c c k ;
w ing-cove rts lik e th e b a ck , tb e g r e a te r aud p rim a ry -c o v c rts and q u ills b la c k ish , glossed e x te rn
a lly w ith d u ll blu e , b row n e r o n th e in n e r w e b s ; ta il-fc a tlie rs b la ck isli glossed w ith b lu e ; lori-s
d u sk y b la c k is li; sides o f fa c e a n d e a r-co v e rts d u ll sm o k y b row n , w ith a s lig h t blue g lo s s ;
che cks aud th r o a t d u ll sm o k y b row n ; rem a in d e r o f u u d e r su rfa c e o f bodv d a rk smoky b rown,
w ith b la c k ish sh a ft-s tre a k s , a n d o b scured w ith b ro a d w h ity -b row n edge s to tlic f e a th e r s ; th e
u n d e r ta il-c o v c rts coloured lik e th e b re a s t, th e lo n g one s d u ll b rown, w itli w h ity-brown edges
and a d is tin c t sn b tc riu in a l shade o f p u rp lish b l a c k ; sid e s o f body n e a rly u n ifo rm d a rk brown,
w ith a pnvplish g lo s s ; axilla rie s a n d u n d e r w in g -co v e rts u n ifo rm smoky h rown, th e cove rts
n e a r th e edge o f th e wing edged w itli wh ity b r o w n ; q u ills sm o k y b row n below. T o ta l len g th
7-8 inche s, c u lm en 0 '5 5 , win g 5 5, ta il 3 '3 , ta r s u s 0-55.
Obs. T h e ty p e s of Progne. e legam o f B a ird were le n t to u s hy th e U .S . N a tio n a l M u seum . T h e spe c imen
no. 210 0 9 agre e s w ith th e fem a le b ird s iu tb e B r itis h M u s e um : it is m a rk ed “ d ju v .,”
aud may be a m a le o f th e second y e a r. T h e second spe c imen (no. 21011) is m id o u b ted ly q u ite
y o u n g , ju d g in g from th e lig h t m a rg in s to th e fe a th e rs o f th e u p p e r surfa c e , th e s e b e in g very
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