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Leaving the question of spleniata and hlanfordi out of considera- 

 tion (they are not races of cinerea anyway), I recognize three forms 

 of the red-capped lark, as follows : 



1. T. c. cinerea: South Africa north to Angola, the Katanga, east- 

 ern Belgian Congo, southern Uganda, and southwestern Kenya 

 Colony (Kiloiyu country to Eldoret and Kavirondo). This race has 

 the sides of the breast bright rufous and has the forehead bright 

 rufous as well as the crown. 



2. T. c. erlangeri: South-central Ethiopia, south to the Hawash 

 Valley and to Gallaland. Differs from cinerea in having the fore- 

 head tinged with blackish, in being much blacker on the back, 

 and in having a prominent black patch on the sides of the breast 

 (surrounded by a rufous wash). Shelley^* states that the Abys- 

 sinian red-capped lark inhabits Somaliland as well as Ethiopia, 

 but the only "Somali" record he gives is that of two specimens taken 

 by Donaldson Smith at Sheikh Mahamed. However, this locality is 

 not in Somaliland, but in the Ginir country of Ethiopia, latitude 

 7°30' K, longitude 40°40' E. (approximately). Lovat's birds also 

 came from Ethiopia, not Somaliland (Jeffi Dunsa and Balti). 



3. T. c. fuertesi: Northern Ethiopia, the Simien-Tigre district. 

 The present series exhibits but little variation either in size or in 



color. Females are smaller than males. One bird from Adis Abeba 

 sexed by the collector as a female is the largest specimen of the whole 

 series, and is very probably a male. (Exclusive of this one, the 

 measurements are as follows: Males — wing, 86-93 (average, 91) ; tail, 

 55-63 (average, 57.9) ; culmen, 11-12 (average, 11.5) ; tarsus, 19-21 

 (average, 20.3 mm). Females — wing, 84.5-89 (average, 86.2); tail, 

 50-57 (average, 53) ; culmen, 11-12 (average, 11.6) ; tarsus, 20-22 

 (average, 21 mm). 



Erlanger^^ collected some of these birds at Adis Abeba in July, 

 September, and October, but found none in breeding condition. It 

 is all the more unfortunate, therefore, that Mearns failed to note the 

 condition of the gonads in his specimens. 



Family HIRUNDINIDAE, Swallows 



HIRUNDO RUSTICA RUSTICA Linnaeus 



Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 191, 1758: Europe; 



restricted type locality, Sweden. 

 Specimens collected : 



1 male, Loco, Ethiopia, March 15, 1912. 



1 female, Gato River near Gardula, Ethiopia, April 2, 1912. 



Both specimens are in fairly fresh plumage, but the female was so 

 badly damaged by the shot that it hardly looks it ,at first sight. 



"The birds of Africa, etc., vol. 3, p. 127, 1902. 

 ^ Journ. fiir Orn., 1907, p. 49. 



