10. PSALIDOPROCNE. 205 



laries pale smoky brown ; quills dusky below, browner along the 

 inner web : " eyes black " (Petit). Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 

 0-25, wing 4-05, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-35. 



Ad alt female. Similar to the male in colour, but wanting the 

 serrated edge to the outer web of the first primary. Total length 

 5'2 inches, culmen 0"25, wing 3'55, taU 2'5, tarsus O'-:!-. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but not so glossy ; below much 

 paler and more earthy brown. 



Hah. West Africa, from Gaboon to the Congo. 



a. (S ad. sk. Laudana. M. L. Petit [C.]. (Type 



of species.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. Chinchouxo, Congo. Dr. Lucan [C.]. 



c. Ad. ; d Juv. sk. Landana, Congo (Pe<i<). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Psalidoprocne antinorii. 



Psalidoprocne antinorii, Sahad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 123 



(1884). 



Adult male (type of species). Very similar to P. petiti., but with 

 the under wing-coverts and axillaries pure white instead of smoky 

 brown. Total length 5'5 inches, culmen 0-25, wing 4'15, tail 2*95, 

 tarsus 0*35. 



Hah. Shoa, extending southwards to the Zambesi. 



a. Ad. sk. Zambesi. Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 



6. Psalidoprocne pristoptera. 



Hinmdo pristoptera, Rilpp. Neue Wirb. Taf. 39. fig. 2 (1835). 

 Atticoia albi.«capulata, lioie, Isis, 1844, p. 172 (e.r Miipp. MSS.). 

 Chelidon pristoptera, RUpp. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1845). 

 Atticora pristoptera, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 58 (1845) ; id. Cat. Fissir. 



Brit. Mns. p. 21 (1848) ; Bj}. Cump. i. p. 337 (1850) ; Heuyl. 



J. f. 0. 1861, p. 420, 1863, p. 4 ; Brehm, Reis. Habesch, p. 208 



(180.3). 

 Chelidon (?) pristoptera, Heuyl. Syst. Uebers. p. 17 (1856). 

 Pristoptera typica, Bp. Rivist. Contemp., Torino, 1857, p. 4. 

 Psalidoprocne pristoptera, Sclafer, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 109 ; Heuyl. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. i. p. 148 (1869); Blanf. Geol. ^ Zool. Abyss, p. 349 



(1870) ;' Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 290 ; Antin. ^- Salvad. Viayy. 



Boqos, p. 71 (1873) ; Salvad, Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 123 



(1884). 



Adult. Above glossy blue-black, with a greenish tinge on the 

 wings and tail ; quUls greenish black, the inner web dusky ; tail 

 much forked, greenish black above, dusky underneath ; under sur- 

 face of the body glossy blue-black ; under wing-coverts white. Total 

 length 5-5 inches; of biU from front 0-6, from gape 0-4; wing 4-4, 

 tail 3 ; tarsus 0-35, middle toe 0-4, hind toe 0-2, lateral toes 0-25. 



Hah. N.E. Africa. 



a. S ad. sk. Dongolo, Tigr6, 6500 feet, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



May 18, 1868. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Dr. Riippell [C.]. 



