5. niRTJiXDO. 



145 



ffab. Jfearly the whole of Australia. Tasmania. 

 b, flfl st tT^r i^'?"^'^- ^^°"''i Collection. 



/• ^uv. sk. aW..a. go?ai?Gri?,: f?.]" 



5. Hirundo angolensis. 



Hirimdo angolensis, Bocayc, Joni. Lisb. 18G8, p. 47; <S%«,-„. p ^ .«? 

 An,oia,,. 180 |l881): ^'/^^'V^^, yZ^^/^.l^^':^^^^^ 



red^ enH;/,"''^''^' f''""^- f '^'^ ^^P?^'' P'-^^* ^^ ^^^ breast deep brick- 

 red, entire upper surface rich steel-blue, having a greenish lustre in 

 some lights; tail graduaUy forked, the two middfe Lathers steel 

 blue, the whole of the inner web white, except a black border at the 

 ZLi ";^"«7/'^fc°^™Pted band across the breast, below the red 

 throat, stee -blue; rest of the breast and under ail-coTerts ash 

 uloured, a little paler in the centre of the breast ; the under t^l 

 coverts washed with rufous, each feather margined with me .rev 

 Wb r n^''?° heart-shaped blue mark before Th end of the 



c vli-s'dark 1 ''''' 'T^^^^° '"'^''^'y ^'^-^^■- und wing! 

 covtits dark ashy grey, washed on the edge of the win- withltcel 



Hub. Angola. 



-i<i- St- Ambm M,u«l, S 1869 Sharps CoUection. 



, J , (J. J. Monteiro). 



c. Ad. sk. Ambriz i t t.^ . 



J- J- Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



6. Hirundo lucida. 



Himndo lucida, J. Verr. J. f. O. 1858, p. 49- ffartl T f O l«m 



(la/i) ; Bouv. Cat. Ois. etc. Marc/ie, p. 9 (1875). • F- -lu 



Adult Above most brilliant steel-blue, incUning to indi-o • win-- 

 covcrts dark blackish brown, glossed with steel-blue abo've the 

 innermos cubital feathers with a white spot on the inner web tail 



Z^ "^^r tl""' ^';f ^" "^'^^P^ «^ *-° middle onest; he 

 most p.ut pure white on the inner web, so that the tips and the narfc 



LXtt t ''T''''' ^''f'''':'^ '^'^^^''y «f t^e fe.4her ar ebl c" 

 red 1 ^°"^ °a"-o^v trontlet and the entire throat deep brick^ 



bue' broad at'r/;-f' ""T"' '^'^" ^'^ ^^^ throat, brigL steel- 

 blue broad at the sides and narrow in the centre of the breast ; rest 



?eithL oftirf "i '' ''r '°1^ r' "^^^'^' -it^' - ^- dusky 

 VOL.X flanks, and marked with narrow blue lines, moro 



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