102 ' HIEUNDINID^. 



Ohs. The descriptions are taken from a pair of breeding birds 

 shot by Major Butler near Newcastle on the 23rd of October, and 

 now in Capt. Shelley's collection. 



Young. Differs from the adult in being somewhat darker, and in 

 having rusty edges to the feathers of the upper parts as well as the 

 pectoral collar. Total length (J inches, wing 4-7, tail 2. 



Obs. I cannot discern any difference in specimens from various 

 parts of Africa. The white spot on the outer tail-feather, which 

 was the character by which Dr. Hartlaub separated C. eques, from 

 Prince's Island, AVest Africa, seems to be of accidental occurrence, 

 for it is not found in other West-African specimens, but Mr. 

 Seebohm has a single example from the Transvaal which exhibits 

 the character. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa. West Africa from the Gold Coast to 

 the Congo. The Cape Colony, extending to the Transvaal and to 

 Benguela. 



a. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Dr. Eiippell [C.]. 



6. c? ad. sk. AngoUala, Shoa, May 1842 India Museum. 

 (Harris). 



c. J ad. sk. Antalo,Tigre,Mayll,1868. W.T.Blanford,Es(i.[C.]. 



d. Jnv. sk. South Africa (Surfees). H. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 e,f. Juv. sk. South Africa {Layard). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 g, h. (S 5 ad. sk. South Africa, Nov. 1869 R. B. Sharpe. Esq. 



(Layard). 



i. 2 ad. sk. Natal, Nov. 25, 1868. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



k. c? ad. sk. Transvaal (Ayres). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



I. Ad. sk. Kinsembo, Angola. Purchased. 



m. Ad. sk. Gaboon. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



n. Ad. sk. River Volta (UssJier). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



3. Cotile paludicola. 



Hirondelle des Marais ou la Brunette, Levaill. Ois. (TAfr. v. p. 158, 



pi. 246. fig. 2 (1806). 

 Hirundo paludicola, Vieill. JV. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 511 (1817) ; 



Gnei'in in Ferr. et Gal. Voy. Abyss, iii. p. 242 ; Des Murs in Lefehvre 



Voy. Abyss, p. 79 (1847). 

 Hirundo palustris, Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 101 (1817). 

 Cotyle paludibula, Miipp. Neue Wirb. p. 106 (18.35); id. Syst. Uebers. 



p. 22 (1845) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 17 (1856). 

 Cotyle palustris, Cab. Mus. Heiti. Th. i. p. 49 (1850) ; Bp. Consp. i 



p. 34 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 11 (1853) 



Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 68 (1867) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 464 



Ayres, Ibis, 1876, p. 424. 

 Cotyle aibiventris, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 61 (1854). 

 Cotyle paludicola, Sundev. Krit. Framst., Levaill. p. 52 (1857) ; Grill, 



Zool. Anteckn. p. 36 (1858) ; Hetigl. Ibis, 1859, p. 339 (pt.) ; Kirk, 



16«s, 1864,p. 326; Gurney, t. c.\. 347; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



i. p. 167 (1869, pt.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 302 ; id. Cat. Afr. 



B. p. 45 (1871) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1874, p. 102; Buckley, t. c. p. 375 ; 



Shelled/, Ibis, 1875, p. 68 ; Butler, Feilden, 8f Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 251 ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard' s B. S. Afr. p. 360 (1883). 

 Cotile paludicola, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 74, no. 877 (1869) ; Ayres, 



Ibis, 1880, p. 260. 



