152 HiExmDrNiD^. 



u, V. Ad.; ic. Juv. Deccan (Sykes). India Museum. 



sk. 



a: cS ad. sk. Muddur, Mysore, Aug. 9. \V. Davison, Esq. [P.]. 



w s a'. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackliouse Pinwill 

 '^' ' [P.]. 



b'. Ad. sk. Kattiawar, June 6. Major J. Hayes Lloyd 



[P.]. 



c'. Ad. sk. Cashmere. E. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Scinde (Dr. Goitld). India Museum. 



€'. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Dr. Riippell [C.]. 



f,g'. Ad.; h'. Tete, Zambesi (Sir J. Livingstone Expedition. 



Juv. sk. Kirk). 



{', k', I'. Ad. sk. Laudaua, Congo (L. Petit). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



15. Hirimdo griseopyga. 



Hirundo griseopyga. Simdev. (Efv. K. Vet.-^ikad. Fork. Stockh. 1850, 

 p. 107 : Lmjard, B. S. Afr. "p. 55 (1867) ; iSharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 31.3 ; id. ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 368 (1882). 



Atticora melbina, J. Verr. Rev. et 'Mag. de Zool. 1851, p. -310 ; Strickl. 

 Cmitr. Orn. 1851, p. 103; Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad.Tp. 6 

 (1853) ; mirtl. J. f. O. 1853, p. 398 ; id. Orn. IV.-Afr. p. 25 

 (1857); Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 33; Ilartl. J. f. O. 

 ]861, p. 103 ; Forbes, Ibis, 1883, p. 514. 



Hirundo melbina, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 131. . 



Atticora c^-pseloides, Hmgl. J.f. O. 1862, p. 297, 1864, p. 270. 



Atticora griseopyga, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 149, tab. ^-ii. (1869) ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, lf<70, p. 428. 



Hirundo cypseloides, Boucard, Cat. Av. p. 334 (1876). 



Psalidoproeiie melbina, Bouvier, Cat. Ois. etc. Marche, p. 9 (1875). 



Hiiimdo poucbeti, Petit, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, viii. p. xliii (1883). 



Adult. Entire head, lower part of back, and rump dull brownish 

 grey ; middle of the back and -wing-coverts dark blue ; quiUs 

 brownish black glossed with dull blue ; tail dull brown, glossed 

 above with blue ; lores black ; a narrow line of feathers extending 

 backwards over the eye wliitish ; cheeks and ear-coverts dull grey- 

 brown ; under surface of the body milky white, the sides of the 

 Tipper part of the breast being greyish brown ; bill and feet pale 

 brown. Total length 5-8 inches, of wing 3-9, tail 3-3. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa ; West Africa, in Gaboon ; South 

 Africa, in Natal and Swazi-Laud. 



a. Ad. sk. Gaboon. P. B. Du Chaillu, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Gaboon (Du Chaillu). Sharpe Collection. 



c Ad sk. Maviunba, Congo, Aug. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(i. Petit). 



16. Hirundo cucuUata. 



Hirondelle a tete rousse du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Daidjent. PI. 



Enl. T2^. tig. 2. 

 Hirundo cucuUata, Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 45 (1783, e.x Daidjent.) ; 



Gruy, Gen. B. i. p. 58 (1845) ; id. Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mits. p. 23 



(1848); Jard. Edinh. New Philos. Journ. n. ser. iii. p. 241 (1856) ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 69, no. 795(1869); Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 



