from Somcililand and Southern Abyssinia. 1 75 



a. (^ . Laga Ilardim, Abyssinia, li January, 1899. 

 (No. 189.) 



b. c?- Telagubaie^ Abyssinia, 17 February, 1899. 

 (No. 328.) 



c. c?. Arriro, 18 February, 1899. (No. 341.) 

 Iris brown ; eyelid bkie; bill and legs slate. 



a. A partially adult male in the brown plumage, with the 

 wing-coverts and edges of the inner quills white. 



b. A more advanced male, with the long middle pair of 

 tail-feathers developed. 



c. A young bird still in the brown plumage. 



157. Chelidon urbica. 



CheUdon urbica (Linn.) ; Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 

 p. 87 (1885). 



fl. c?. Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 408.) 

 Iris brown ; bill black. 

 [Common. — L.] 



158. CoTILE RUFIGULA. 



Coiile rufigula Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 107 

 (1885) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 122 (1881), & 

 xxvi. p. 233 (1888). 



a. Waha Zinzero, Abyssinia, 5 February, 1899. (No. 291.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs dark. 



[Very common and widely distributed. — L.] 



159. HiRUNDO RUSTICA. 



Hirundo rustica Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, x. p. 128 

 (1885) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 230 (1888). 



a. ? . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 

 1898. (No. 49.) 



b. ? . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 

 (No. 69.) 



c. S- Lekamte, Abyssinia, 16 March, 1899. (No. 433.) 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The effect of the bright sun no doubt makes these birds 

 look darker in plumage than they appear in England. In 

 December the young Swallows still carried the tail-feathers 

 of the first plumage. The male bird shot at Lekamte, no 



