16 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



HiRUNDINIDAE. 



RiPARiA MINOR (Cabanis). 



2 cf 's and 1 9 , Fazogli, Blue-Nile, 20 Jan.; Serifa, 21 Jan. 

 Breeding in holes in bank near Fazogli and Roseires towards the 

 end of January. Numerous. 



Chelidon aethiopica Blanford. 



2 d^'s, Abiad, Dinder, 14 Feb. 



Fairly common, the common resident swallow according to Butler. 



Chelidon griseopyga Sundeval. 



Pair, Fazogli, Blue-Nile, 20 Jan. 



We found a colony of these birds near Fazogli breeding in burrows 

 dug in the hard clay on open, level ground; the burrows ran parallel 

 to the surface. One that we dug out was ten feet long and had a 

 depth of from six to ten inches. The nest was three feet from the 

 end. The young were partly fledged on Jan. 25. 



Chelidon daurica rufula (Temminck). 



1 d", Abiad, Dinder, 14 Feb. 

 Rare. 



Muscicapidae. 



Melaenornis pammelaena Stanley. 



1 cf , Roseires, Blue-Nile, 23 Jan. 

 Probably a rare bird. 



Bradyornis pallidus granti Bannerman. 



Pair, Galegu, Dinder, 19 Feb.; Sabonabi, Blue-Nile, 6 Feb. 

 Our bird is small and with underparts more strongly suffused with 

 rufous, like B. granti of Bannerman, Bull. B. O. C, 1911, 27, p. 84. 

 The differences do not seem to be more than subspecific. 

 wing 85, tail feathers 71, tarsus 21, culmen 13. 

 wing 80, tail feathers 69.5, tarsus 20, culmen 11.5. 



