146 HIKTJNDINIDiE. 



distinct in some specimens than in others ; bill and feet black. 

 Total length (> inches, culmen 0-35, -wing 4-25, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-4. 

 Hah. Sencgambia. 



a, b, c. Ad. ; d. Juv. sk. River Gambia. Sharpe Collection. 



7. Hirundo albigularis. 



Hirundo rufifrons [non Vieill.), Less. Traite cTOrn. p. 268 (1831); 



Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 34 (18.58). 

 Hirundo albigularis, Sfrickl. Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 17, pi. 15; Cass. 



Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 2 (1853) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 



1870, p. 308; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 46 (1871); Ayres, Ibis, 1873, 



p. 281 ; Fischer Sf- Reichenoio, J. f. O. 1879, p. 344 ; Bocage, Orn. 



Angola, p. 185 (1881); Butler, Feilden, 4'- Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 251; 



Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 150 (1882) ; Sharpe, ed. Lagard's B. S. 



Afr. p. 364 (1882). 

 Hirundo albigula, Bp. Consp. i. p. 338 (1850) ; Gitrneg, Ibis, 1865, 



p. 264; Lai/ard, B. S. Afr. p. 55 (1867); Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 68, 



no. 787 (1869) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1876, p. 424, 1878, p. 235, 1880, p. 260. 



Adult. Above deep purplish blue ; quills blackish brown, with 

 a faint gloss on the upper surface ; the innermost cubital feathers 

 marked on the interior web with a greyish-white spot ; tail blackish 

 brown, the two centre feathers unspotted, but all the others 

 marked on the inner web with a large patch of white ; forehead 

 deep chestnut ; space between the biU and the ej-e and ear- coverts 

 dusky black ; throat, cheeks, and sides of the neck white ; below 

 the throat a broad band of purplish-blue feathers, broad at the sides 

 and narrow in the centre of the breast; the rest of the under sur- 

 face of the body dull white, greyish on the flanks ; bill black ; feet 

 dark brown. Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 4*9, tail 

 1-65, tarsus 0-45. 



Hah. South Africa, from the Cape Colony to Natal and the 

 Transvaal. A young specimen is said to have been obtained by 

 Dr. Eischer in Eastern Africa ; and it has been sent from Angola to 

 the liisbon Museum. 



a. Ad. sk. South Africa (Layard). Sharpe Collection. 



h. 5ad.sk. Knysna, Jan. 24(^«c?e;-ssow). Sharpe Collection. 



c. cj ad. sk. Natal (T. Ayres). J. H.Gurney, Esq. 



d. Ad. sk. Natal. Sharpe Collection. 



e. S ad. sk. Transvaal (T. Ayres), Sharpe Collection. 



8. Hirundo sethiopica. 



Hirundo rufifi'ons {^lon V.), Des Murs in Lefehvr. Toy. Abyss., Zool. 



p. 78 (1845); Heia/l. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 420, 1863, p. 168'; HaHm. 



J.f. O. 1864, p. 152. 

 Cecropis rufifrons {non V.), Vierth. Narim. 1853, p. 20; Brehm, 



J. f. 0. 1853, p. 453, Kvtrah. p. 96 ; Hi-ugl. Si/st. Uehers. p. 16 ; 



Vierth. Naum. 1857, p. 110; Brehm, Beis. Habe'sch, p. 209 (1863). 

 Hirundo albigularis {nee Strickl.), Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 153 



(1869). 



