1 78 Bk I id in of t It e British 



There is a carbolizcd example of this species in the col- 

 leetion ; the exact locality where it was obtained is not 

 stated, but it was probably Shoa. 



a. ? Shoa, Abvssinia. 



167. PsALIDOl'ROCXE BLANFORDT. 



Psalidoprocne blanfordi Weld-BlundcU & Lovat, Bull. 

 B.O.C. vol. X. p. XX. (1899). 



n. S' Bilo, Abyssinia, 11 March, 1899. (No. 400.) 

 [Type of the species. ~\ 



This sjjeeiesis most nearly allied to /'. pristoptera (Riipp.), 

 but has the whole plumage of the upper parts black, glossed 

 with dark green. The underparts are darker than the back, 

 and have less green gloss. Iris brown; bill and legs black.. 

 Total length about 6 inches, exposed part of culmcn 02, 

 wing 4'3, tail 3*1, tarsus 0"45. 



[This rough-winged Swallow is common from the valleys 

 west of Addis Abbeba to the Blue Nile. It flies close to the 

 bushes, and swerves at lightning speed through the narrow 

 openings of the scrub. — L.] 



[To be contiuued.] 



X. — Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 



Nos. LXV. & LXVI. 



No. LXV. (October 31st, 1899). 



The sixty-fourth Meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 18th of October, 1899. Chairman : P. Ckowley. Thirty 

 Members and one guest were present. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition a pair 

 of Eclectus westermanni Bp., and made the following 

 remarks : — 



" Dr. A. B. Meyer and Dr. Bowdlc]' Sharpe have both 

 expressed their opinion that E. ivesterinanni is an aberration 

 of E. riedeli Meyer, produced by being kept in captivity ; 



