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10. PSALIDOPROCNE. 



Type. 

 Psalidoprocne, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 48 (1850) . . P. holomelsena. 

 Pristoptera, Bp. Rivist. Contenip., Torino, 1857, p. 4. . P. pristoptera. 



Bill of Psalidoprocne holomelcBna (magnified), to sllow nostrils. 

 Range. Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Head like the back. 



a'. Under wing-coverts like the breast. 

 a". Tail forked. 

 a'". Dull bottle-green or greenish black above holomelana, p. 202. 



h'". Glossy steel-green above obscura, p. 208. 



b". Tail square nitens, p. 204. 



b'. Under wing-coverts white or smoky brown, in 

 strong contrast to the breast. 

 c' '. Above sooty black. 



c'". Under wing-coverts smoky brown .... petiti, p. 204. 



d'". Under wing-coverts pure white antinorii, p. 205. 



d". Above glossy steel-blue ; under wing- 

 coverts white pristoptera, p. 205. 



b. Head white, forming a cap alhiceps, p. 206. 



1. Psalidoprocne holomelaena*. 



Hirundo holomelas, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Stockh. 1850, 

 p. 108; Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 3G0 ; Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. .36 

 (1858) ; Layard, Ibis, 1864, p. 134 ; G^-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 70, 

 no. 823 (1869). 



Atticora hamigera, Cass. Pi'oc. Phil. Acad. 1850, p. 57, pi. 12. 



Psalidoprocne cypselina. Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 48 (1850). 



Atticora holomelas, Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 6 

 (1852) ; Gurncy, Ibis, 1863, p. 322 ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 57 

 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 72 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1876, p. 424. 



Psalidoprocne holomela, Bj}. Rivist. Contemp., Torino, 1857, p. 4. 



Psalidoprocne holomelfena, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 108 ; Heuyl. 

 Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 148 (1869); Shar2)e, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 288 

 (pt.) ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 45 (1871, pt.) ; SM/ey, m's, 1875, 

 p. 67; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 204; iialvin, Cat. Strivkl. Coll. 

 p. 152 (1882) ; Sharps, ed. Layard! s B. S. Afr. p. 356 (1883). 



Adult male. Above dark greenish black, deepest in the centre of 

 the back and on the breast ; quills deep black with a slight greenish 

 lustre, the outer web of the first primary distinctly serrated ; tail 



* The following references also probably refer to the species, but Levaillant's 

 plate is too inaccurate to be accepted as a representation of the species : — 



Le Martinet velocifere, Levaill. Ois. cTAfr. v. p. 147, pi. 244. fig. 2 (1806). 

 Hirundo velox, VieUl. N. Did. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 533 (1317). 

 Cypselus velox, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 51 (1869). 



