5. HIEUNDO. 169 



p. 71 ; Shelleij L^- Bucldey, t. c. p. 288; Heuyl Om. N.O.-Afr. iv. 



App. p. Ivii (1874) ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 62 ; Reichen. Corresp. 



Afrik. GeseUsch. Berlin, 1875, no. 178 ; id. J. f. O. 1875, p. 21 ; 



Sharps ^- Boiiv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 37 (187(5) ; Salvacl. 



Ann. Mas. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 120 (1884). 

 Hiriindo rufula, Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. 55 (1837, nee Temm.). 

 Cecropis senegalensis, Less. Compl. Buff. v\n. p. 498 (1837) ; Boie, 



Isis, 1844, p. 174 ; Riqip. St/st. Uebers. p. 22 (1845; ; Cass. Cat. 



Jlirund. 3Ius. Philad. Acad. p. 3 (1853) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 16 



(185G); Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche t*j-c. p. 9. 

 BLirundo melanocrissus {nee Rdpp.), Heuyl. J.f. O. 1862, p. 297. 

 Cecropis melanocrissus, Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 25 (1865) ; Salvad. 



Atti R. Accad. Sci. Torino, 1870, p. 728. 



Above purplish blue ; sides of the head and back of the neck, 

 almost forming a nuchal collar, as ■well as the entire rump, deep 

 sienna ; quilis duU black slightly glossed with blue ; upper tail- 

 coverts duU purplish blue ; tail-feathers black, unspotted ; throat 

 and cheeks buff}* white, as also are the under wing-coverts ; rest of 

 the underparts deep chestnut ; biU black ; feet very dark brown. 

 Total length 9 inches, wing ow, tail 4-2. 



Mab. N.E. Africa and W. Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Senegal. Governor Kendall [P.]. 



b. (S ad. sk. Casamance (Verreau.v). Sharpe Collection. 



c. Ad. sk. Ekraful, Gold Coast, May Sharpe Collection. 



(Blissett). 



d. Ad. sk. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



e. Ad. sk. Plains of Accra, Feb. 13 Sharpe Collection. 



{Ussher). 



f. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Sharpe Collection. 



25. Hirundo monteiri. 



Hirimdo monteiri, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 340, pi. 11 ; Gumey, Ihia, 

 1863, p. 116 ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 320 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 69, 

 no. 803 (1869) ; Bocaye, Jorn. Lisb. 1868, p. 40, 1869, p. 339 ; 

 Finsch ^- Hartl. Voy. Ostafr. p. 139 (1870) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 316 ; id. Cat. Afr.'B. p. 46 (1871) ; Gtirney in Ajulerss. 

 B. Bam. Ld. p. 49 (1872) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 713 ; id. Sf 

 Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, p. 38 (1876) ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, 

 p. 222 ; Fischer S,- Reichen. t. c. p. 257; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 344; 

 Bocaye, Orn. Anyola, p. 181 (1881) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 565 ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 368 (1883), 



Mate. Above glossy blue-black, the head capped and united to 

 the nape by a broad interrupted band of blue-black feathers ; a 

 narrow line of feathers from the base of the nostrils to the eye dusky 

 black; space belosvthis line, and feathers at the base of the beak, cheeks 

 and car-coverts whitish, tinged with grey on the latter ; lower part of 

 the back and rump deep chestnut ; upper tail-coverts blue-black ; 

 quills dusky brown, with a dark greenish-blue lustre on the upper 

 surface ; tail greenish blue above, blackish underneath, with an 

 oblong white spot on the inner web of the exterior tail-feathers ; 

 throat and under wing-coverts white tinged with light rufous ; a 

 triangular patch of feathers on the side of the head extending from 

 the eye backwards, nearly encircling the head, and extending down 



