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CARIBBEAN PURPLE MARTIN.
Hirondelle de S. Domingue, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 493 (17G0).
Hirondelle d'Amérique, Daubent. Pl. Enl. vii. pl. 515. fig. 1.
L e Grand Martinet noir à centre blanc, Moutb. llist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. üü9 (1790).
St. Domingo Swalloio, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 573 (1783).
Hirundo dominicensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1025 (1788); Vieill. Ois. Amér. Sept,
p. 59, pis. 28, 29 (1807); E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 18G4, p. 100.
Hirundo albicentris, Vieill. N. Diet, d’ilist. Nat. xiv. p. 533 (1817).
Progne dominicensis. Gray, Geu. B. i. p. 55) (1845) ; Javd. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Jlist.
xviii. p. 120 (1840) ; Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 09 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 337 (1850) ;
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 232; March, Pr. Philad. Acad. 1803, p. 295; Baird,
Review Amer. B. p. 279 (1SG4) ; Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. U. x. ]). 252, xi.
p. 94 (1800) ; Gray, IIand-1. B. i. p. 74, no. 891 (1809) ; Sel. & Salv. Nomencl.
Av. Neotr. p. 11 (1873); Sel. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 14; Lawr. Proc. U. S. Nat. Alus. i.
pp. 50, 209, 487 (1878); Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 311 ; A. & E. Newt. Ilandb.
Jamaica, 1881, p. 107 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 153 (1882) ; Cory, B. Haiti and
St. Domingo, p. 44 (1884) ; Sliarpe, Cat. Birds in Brit. Alus. x. p. 170 (1885) ;
Cory, List B. AVest Indies, p. 10 (1886) ; id. B. AVcst Ind. p. 70 (1S89).
P . pc c to re c t ub d om iu c a lbis : g u ttu r e to to c t p ræ p c c to re loete p u rp u ré is dorso concoloribus.
Hab. iu in su lis m a ris C a ribbe i.
A d u lt maie. G e n e ra l c o lo u r above glossy p u rp lish b lu e ; th e s c ap u la rs a n d le sse r w ing-cove rts lik e tho
ha ck ; m ed ian a n d g r e a te r Aving-coverts, b a s ta rd -w in g , p rim a ry -co v e rts , a n d q u ills b la ck isli, c.x-
te rn a lly glossed Avith d u ll b lu e , th e in n e r Avebs o f th e q u ills in te rn a lly b rown ; ta il- f e a th e r s bliio-
blaek, hroAVner o n th e in n e r webs ; lo re s A-elvety b la ck ; sides o f fa c e , e a r-co v e rts, ch e ek s, th ro a t,
c h e st, a n d sides o f b ody and tianks g lossy p u rp lish blue lik e tlie b a c k ; c e n tre o f bre a st, abdomen,
a n d u n d e r ta il-cove rts p u re wliite , th e la te r a l u n d e r ta il-co v c rts w ith a sh ad e o f d u sk y s lute -ooloiir
towa rds th e en d of th e o u te r web ; th e blue b rc a s t-fc a th e rs ad jo in in g th e white c e n tre o f th e body
c ith e r edged Avith Avhile, o r e lse w hite o n th e o u te r Avcb a n d b lu e o u th e in n e r ; tliiglis d u sk y
broAvu ; on th e sides o f th e b re a s t a few co nc e a led silky-Avhite p lum e s, .adjoining Avhieli on th e
sides o f th e ba ck is a n o th e r p a tc h o f silk y Avhite, Avhich is e n tire ly h id d e n by th e c losed avíh-'s;
a xilla rie s a n d u n d e r wiug-cove rts glossed w itli b lu e ; quills d usky b la ck ish b e low : “ ir is d a rk
h a z e l” [Gosse]. T o ta l le n g th 7 inche s, cu lm en OB, win g 5*(33, ta il 3-2Ô, ta rsu s (JB j.
A d u lt fem a le . D u lle r in c o lo u r th a n th e ma le , b u t h a v in g th e same wliite belly a n d u n d e r ta il-co v c rts .
Gen e ra l c o lo u r o f th e u p p e r su rfa c e brown, glossed Avith p u rp lish b lu e o r d u ll p u rp lish b lu e , with