260 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a Collection of 



out the winter^ or are very early in their migration, as I saw 

 them in the Matabele country in June, when no other Swal- 

 lows were to be seen. 



103. HiRUNDO GRISEOPYGA, SuudeV. 



(101) Quae Quae river, 25th October. Iris dusky; bill 

 black; tarsi and feet dusky brown. Total length in the flesh 

 6*25 inches. 



These Swallows were in pairs, hunting among the trees for 

 their insect food ; but were not plentiful. 



104. HiRUNDO SEMIRUFA, SuudcV. 



Mashoona, September, October, and December. Seen, but 

 not procured. 



105. HiRUNDO CUCULLATA, Bodd. 



Mashoona, September, October, and December. Seen, but 

 not procured. 



106. HiRUNDO PUELLA, Tcmm. 



(86) ? , Umvuli river, 1st October. Iris umber ; bill, tarsi, 

 and feet black. 



These Swallows, which had just arrived in small parties, 

 were immediately pairing off and commencing to Imild, but 

 were by no means plentiful. 



107. Lanius collaris, Linn. 



(150) ? immature, Spalding's, Hart river, 8th February. 

 Iris dark hazel ; bill dark dusky brown, with the basal part 

 of the lower mandible light bluish ash ; tarsi and feet dark 

 dusky brown. 



The only one I have seen here. 



108. Lanius collurio, Linn. 



(120, 121) Tatin river, 7th and 8th December. 

 A common bird here ; to be seen in pairs about the low 

 scrub. 



109. TTrolestes cissoiDEs (Licht.). 



(9) Limpopo or Crocodile river, near Oliedrift, Transvaal, 

 16th May. Iris dusky brown ; bill, tarsi, and feet dusky 

 black. 



