10. PSALIDOPEOCNE. 



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dark greenish black, long, and deeply forked : " bill black ; nostrils 

 large and oval ; tarsi and feet dusk)' pale ; iris very dark brown " 

 (r. Ayres): "legs purplish brown, shading off into flesh-colour on 

 the back of the tarsus and soles of the feet " (Shelley). Total length 

 5'4 inches, culmen 0'3, wing 4'1, tail 3, tarsus 0'3, middle toe 0-3, 

 lateral toes 0*2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller and somewhat 

 more dusky, the outer edge of the external primary not serrated, 

 and the tail less forked. 



Hab. Porest districts of the Cape Colony from the Knysna to 

 British Cafl'raria, extending into jS^atal and the Eastern Transvaal. 



a. c? ad. sk. 



b. (5 ad. sk. 



c. cf ad. bk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 

 c. Pull. sk. 



/. 2 ad. sk. 

 ff. j ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 



i. d ad. sk. 



k. c? ad.sk. 

 I. J ad. St. 

 m. (S ad. sk. 



South Africa (Surtees). 



South Africa (Lat/ard). 



Knysna, Jan. 9, 1866 (C. 

 J. Andersson). 



Knysna, Aug. 3, 1866 (C. 

 J. A.). 



Bat's Cove, near East Lon- 

 don, December 21, 1870 

 (Hiclcard). 



Kingwilliamstown. 



Natal (Ayres). 



Pineto^vn, Natal, March 20 

 (T.L. Ayres). 



Pinetown, Natal, April 29 

 {T.L. Ayres). 



Lydenberg, E. Transvaal. 



South Africa. 



South Africa. 



Sharpe Collection. 

 Sharpe Collection. 

 Sharpe Collection. 



Sharpe Collection. 



Sharpe Collection. 



Capt. Trevelyan [P.]. 

 J. H. Gumey, Esq. [P.]. 

 R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



F. A. Barratt, Esq. [C.]. 



Purchased. 



Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



2. Psalidoprocne obscnra. 



Atticora obscura, Temm. AISS. in 3Ius. Lugd., unde 



Atticora obscura, Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 35 ; id. Om. Westafr. 



p. 26 (1857) ; id. J.f. O. 1861, p. 103. 

 Hirundo obscura, Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 360 ; Gray, Sand-l, B. i. 



p. 71, no. 831 (1869). 

 Atticora holomelas, Hartl. Om. Westafr. p. 25 (1857, nee Sundev.). 

 Psahdoprocne holomelfena, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 288 (pt.) ; id. 



Ibis, ls70, p. 479; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 45 (1871, pt.) ; Shelley ^ 



Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 288 ; * Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 61 ; Reichen. 



J.f. O. 1875, p. 67. 



Adult male. General colour above glossy bottle-green, the head 

 like the back ; the rump and upper tail-coverts with somewhat of 

 a steel-blue appearance ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the 

 back ; greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 blackish, washed externally with glossy green like the back ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, slightly washed with green ; lores velvety black ; 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and entire under surface of body glossy bottle- 

 green like the upper surface ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 Bmoky brown with a slight greenish wash ; quills dusky brown below. 

 Total length 6'9 inches, culmen 0'25, wing 3"S5, tail 4*1, tarsus 0'35. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male, but smaller, and 



