424 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 



0. S- 20 miles N. of Faslioda, 17th April. No. 372. 



p-r. (J et (J imm. Kaka^ 22ud April. No. 389-391. 



Ad. ^ ? . Iris dark hazel ; eyelid cobalt-blue ; bill cobalt- 

 blue, blackish at tip; legs and feet bluish-ash. 



Imm. (J • Similar to the above, but with the colours of the 

 soft parts less pronounced, the blue of the bill being obscured. 



[This beautiful Paradise-Flycatcher was rather scarce in 

 February and March south of Jebel Ahmed-Agha, but on my 

 return at the end of May it was very plentiful. It was some- 

 what shy and kept to the tops of the trees, but if I remained 

 quiet it soon came down and shewed itself off. — K. M. II.] 



70. COTILE EIPARIA. 



Cotile riparia (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 

 p. 96 (1885) ; N. C. lloths. & WoUast. p. 19. 



Clivicola riparia Witherby, p. 259. 



a-c. ?. Goz-Abu-Gumar, 17th May. Nos. 491-49G. 



Iris hazel; bill and legs dusky. 



[I saw only one small flock of Sand-Martens, in company 

 with some Common Swallows. — R. M. H.] 



71. HiRUNDO RUSTICA. 



Hirundo rustica Linn.; Witherby, p. 259; Grant & lleid, 

 p. Q,G4^ ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 19. 



a. ?. Goz-Abu-Gumar, 17th May. No. 493. 



Iris hazel ; bill black ; legs and feet black. 



[I noticed only one flock of Common SwalloM's. All 

 Swallows were rare up the Nile. I only saw them occasionally 

 in small parties. — R. M. H.] 



72. IIlRUNDO iETHIOPICA. 



Hirundo (cthiopica Blanf. ; Grant, Ibis^ 1900, p. 176; 

 N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 19. 



a,b. ? . Fashoda, 25th & 30th March. Nos. 178, 219. 



Iris hazel; bill and legs black. 



[I saw several small flocks of the Ethiopian Swallow. — 

 R. M. H.] 



73. Hirundo rufula. 



Hirundo rufula Temm. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 



p. 156 (1885). 



