1 70 HIRUXDIXID^. 



the sides of the neck, vcrj' bright rufous ; shoulders and sides of the 

 chest dark bhie-black like the back ; breast and under tail-coverts 

 deep rufous, with a black spot near the tip of the two interior 

 feathers of the latter ; thighs white ; bill black ; feet dark brown. 

 Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 5-75, tail 4-75, 

 tarsus 0-65. 



Voung. Above blue-black, but not so rich or so glossy as in the 

 adult ; quills and tail dusky brown, with scarcely any perceptible 

 gloss on the upper surface ; lower part of the back pale rufous ; 

 throat, cheeks, and under wing-coverts pure white : sides of the 

 neck and breast rufous, but not so rich as in the adult ; under tail- 

 coverts rufous, the basal half of the two interior feathers black. 



Jfab. S.W. Africa, ranging across to the Zambesi and Zanzibar 

 districts. 



a. Ad. sk. Angola. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Angola (Monteiro). Sharpe Collection. 

 <^,d. c? 2 ad. sk. Ondonga, Ovampo Land Sharpe Collection. 



(Anderssun). 



e. c? ad. sk. Elephant Yley, Damara Sharpe Collection. 



Land, Sept. 22 (Anders- 

 son) . 



f. Ad. sk. Mombas, E. Africa ( Wake- R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



feld). 



26. Hirundo euchrysea. 



Hirundo euchrysea, Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 68, pi. 12 (1847) ; Gratf, 



Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 26 (1848) ; March, Proc. P/iilad. Acad. 



1863, p. 29-5 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 72, no. 849 (1869) ; Scl. 8f 



Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 14 (1873). 

 Herse euchrysea, Bp. Consp. i. p. 34 (1850). 

 Petrochelidon euchrysea, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 72 ; id. Cat. Amer. 



B. p. 39 (1862). 

 Callichelidon euchrysea, Baird, Pevieio Amer. B. p. 304 (1865); A. 



^- E. Netct. JPandh. Jamaica, 1881, p. 107. 



Adult. General colour above metallic golden green, greener on 

 the head; wing-coverts like the back; greater coverts, bastard- 

 wing, and primary-coverts blackish, externally washed with golden 

 bronze ; quills black, with a slight bronzy shade on the outer edge ; 

 tail-feathers blackish washed with golden bronze; lores velvety 

 black ; ear-coverts, fore part of cheeks, and base of chin metallio 

 golden green like the upper surface ; throat and remainder of under 

 surface of body pure white ; thighs black ; under tail-coverts pure 

 white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts metallic golden green, 

 with dusky bases ; quills sooty black below : " bill black ; feet 

 purplish black" (Gosse). Totallength 5 inches, culmen 0-3, wing 

 4-2, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-4. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the feathers of the 

 throat and breast obscured with dusky siibterminal bars. The 

 metallic plumage is also duller and greener, with not such a strong 

 golden lustre. 



Hah. Jamaica. 



