5. HIEUNDO. 165 



c. Ad. sk. Calcutta (A. S. £.). India Museum. 



d. Ad. sk. Behar. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.], 



e. Ad. sk. Kangra, Punjab. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. N.W. Ilimalayas. Capt, Stackhouse Pinwill [P.J. 

 ff. Ad. sk. "N .W .Himalny AS (Dr. Belleiv). India Museum. 



h. Ad. sk. India (J, H. Reeves). India Museum. 



i. Ad. sk. India. India Museum. 



k. Ad. sk. Ceylon. R. B, Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



20. Hirundo melanocrissa. 



Cecropis melanocrissus, Hilpp. Syst. Uehers. p. 22 (1845) ; Bes Murs 

 in Lefebvr. Voy. Abyss., Zool. p. 79 (1849) ; Heuyl. Syst. Uehers, 

 p. 10 (18o6). 



Hirundo rufula (pt.), Bp. Consp. i. p. .339 (18-50). 



Hirundo melanocrissa, Gray^ Hand-l. B. i. p. 69, no. 807 (1809) ; 

 Heuql. Orn. KO.-Afr.l p. 1,59 (1869); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 315 ; Blanf. Geol. ^- Zool. Abyss, p. 346 (1870) ; Finsch, Trans. 

 Z. S. vii. p. 319 (1870) ; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv. App. p. Ivii 

 (1874) ; Salmd. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) \. p. 121 (1884). 



Lillia melanocrissa, Hume, Sir. F. 1877, p. 258. 



Adult. Above deep indigo-blue glossed with purple, with the usual 

 white lines on the upper part of the back ; feathers in front of the eye 

 black ; a narrow Hue of feathers from the base of the bill extending 

 backwards over the eye, sides of the neck, and round the nape, and 

 forming an interrupted nuchal collar, deep sienna ; rump paler 

 sienna ; quills brownish black, glossed with greenish steel-blue; upper 

 tail-coverts deep steel-blue ; tail-feathers brownish black, glossed 

 with greenish above ; cheeks and throat pale buffj' white, the shafts 

 of the feathers marked b)' small black lines ; rest of the body buff, 

 with faint marks ; the apical end of the under tail-coverts glossy 

 blue-black, having the appearance of a black crissum ; bill black ; 

 feet dark brown. Total length 7 inches, of wing 4*7, tail 3-6. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa. 



<?. Ad. sk. Abvssinia. Dr. Eiippell [C.]. 



b. c? ad. sk. Undul Wells, Abyssinia, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



April. 



Subsp. a. Hirundo domicella. 



Hirundo melanocrissa {non liiipp.), Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 27 (1857); 



Hniql. J.f. O. 1863, p. 168 (var.); Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 25 



(1865). 

 Hirundo domicella, Finsch ^ Hartl. Vii(/. Ostafr. p. 143 (1870) ; 



Hevyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 159 (1869-70) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 315 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 46 (1871) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 547. 

 Lillia domicella, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 260. 



Adult. Head, back, and scapulars deep indigo ; feathers in front 

 of the eye black ; a thin narrow lino of bright rufous ; extending over 

 this line to the eye, ear-coverts, and sides of the iieck rich rufous, 

 extending round the neck and forming a narrow collar ; the feathers 

 on the upper back loose, so that a few of the margins show, giving 

 a striped appearance ; wing-coverts dull steel-blue ; quills brownish, 



