168 HIRTTNDINID^. 



every feather, except tlie two centre ones, having a very large white 

 spot on the inner web ; space between the bill and the eye velvety 

 black : cheeks and ear-coverts deep blue-black ; entire under surface 

 chestnut, very deep on the flanks and abdomen ; under wing-coverts 

 fulvous ; edge of wing fulvous mottled with black : " bill black ; 

 legs dusky ; iris dusky " {T. Ayres). Total length 8-8 inches, cul- 

 men 0*4, wing 5-2, tail 5"3, tarsus 0'55. 



Hah. Southern Africa, from Natal to the Transvaal and north- 

 wards to the Matabele country. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Natal. Sharpe Collection. 



c. Ad. sk. Between Pretoria and Lj-- F. A. Barratt, Esq. [C.]. 



deuburg. 



d. S ad. sk. Transvaal {T. Ayres). Sharpe Collection. 



e. $ ad. sk. Tati, Matabele Land, Oct. 4 W. E. and C. G. Oates,Esqrs, 



{F. Oates). [P.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Inchlangin River, December W. E. and C. G. Oates,Esqrs. 

 {F. Oates). [P.]. 



Subsp. a. Hinmdo gordoni. 



Hirundo melanocrissa (nee Mitpp.) , Jard. Confr. Orn. 1849, p. 4. 



Hiruudo gordoni, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 141, 1852, p. 47 ; HaHl. 

 Orn. W.-Afr. p. 27 (1857); id. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 103; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B.'i. p. 69, no. 799 (1869) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 188 ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 317 ; id. Cat. Afr. JS. p. 46 (1871) ; Shelley ^ 

 Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 288 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 62 ; Reichen. 

 J.f. O. 1875, p. 21; Boeage, Orn. Angola,^. 182 (1881). 



Cecropis gordoni, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 33. 



Achdt. Above glossy indigo-blue, duller on the wing-coverts ; 

 quills brownish black, glossed above, especially on the secondaries, 

 with dark blue ; rump sienna-rufous : upper tail-coverts dark indigo ; 

 tail brownish black, washed with dull indigo above, the inner webs 

 of all but the six central feathers having a large white patch ; entire 

 under surface of bodj^ sienna-rufous, a little paler on the throat, 

 thighs, and under wing-coverts ; bill black ; feet dark brown. Total 

 length 6'5 inches, culmen 0'35, wing 4'5, tail 4, tarsus 0'55. 



Hah. West Africa, from Senegal to the Congo. 



a. Ad. sk. Senegal. M. Laglaize [C.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Ashautee. John Gould, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Elniina, May (Blissett). Sharpe Collection. 



d,e. Ad.sk. Cayie Const (Ussher). Shai-pe Collection. 



f, ff, h. Ad. sk. Accra ( Ussher). Sharpe Collection. 



i, k. Ad. sk. Gaboon. Sharpe Collection. 



I. Ad. sk. Landana, Congo {Lucan). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



24. Hirundo senegalensis. 



Hirondelle h, ventre roux de Senegal, Daubenf. PI. Enl. vii. pi. 310, 

 Hirundo senegalensis, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 345 (1766) ; Sicai7is. B. 



W. Afr. ii. p. 72, pi. 6 (1837) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 58 (1845) ; id. 



Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 23 (1848) ; Jard. Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 4; 



Bp. Cotisp. i. p. 339 (1850) ; Uartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 27 (1857) ; 



Dubois, Ois. Eur. pi. 35 (1862); Hartl. J. f.' O. 1869, p. 103; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 69, no. 796 (1869); Heuql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



1. p. 156 (1869) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 316 ; id. Ibis, 18"72, 



