388 Lieut. C, W. Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



S ? . Ithanga Hills. 4th October. Wing, cJ 109 mm. 



$ 110 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



Abundant. 



The smaller and more finely-streaked race of this bird, 

 H. p. puella, is confined to north-west Africa, specimens 

 from the Congo and northern Angola being apparently of 

 the present race. 



Hirundo griseopyga griseopyga. 



Hirundo (jriseopijga Sund. CEfv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1850, 

 p. 107 [Port Natal] ; Reichw. Vog. Afr. ii. 1903, p. 403. 



(J. Thika. 1st September. Wing 77 mm. 



? juv. „ „ „ 88 mm. 



$ ad. Ithanga Hills. 2nd October. „ 93 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



There are two races of this Swallow, as was pointed out 

 by Heuglin so long ago as 1862, when describing the eastern 

 form under the name of Atticora cypseloides. 



1. Hirundo griseopyga griseopyga. 



Hirundo griseopyga Sund. Qilfv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1850, 

 p. 107 [Port Natal]. 



Atticora cypseloides Heuglin, J. f. O. 1862, p. 297. 

 Range. South and East Africa. 

 Rump a pale grey fawn-colour. 



2. Hirundo griseopyga melbina. 



Atticora melbina Verr. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 310 

 [Gaboon]. 



Hirundo 2)0ucheti Petit, Bull. S. Z. Fr. 1883, p. 43. 

 Range. West Africa, Gaboon and Liberia. 

 Rump dull brown. 



Hirundo smitM. 



Hirundo sniithi Leach, Tuck. Voy. Congo, App. 1818, 

 p. 407 [Congo River] ; Reichw. Vog. Afr. ii. 1903, p. 410. 



(^ . Tsavo River. 17th August. Wing lO'i mm. 



^. Tsavo. 15th August. ,, 109 mm. 



Iris red ; bill and legs black. 



The Wire-tailed Swallow was common. I found it 

 breeding in the roofs of huts at Thika. 



