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without troubling the birds which had disappeared for a 

 moment. Some time afterwards I once more visited this 

 spot and was not little estonished to find a new nest , built 

 like the last one and containing one single egg. But this 

 time I found it too cruel to carry off the nest again , and 

 therefore ordered my boys to pull on and let the repeatedly 

 vexed birds the pleasure of their breeding business. 



The eggs are thickly spotted and speckled with reddish 

 brown on a rosy white ground. Their shape is oviform , 

 the size 19 mM, in length and 13 mM. in width. 



14. Hirundo rustica, Linn. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 158. 



The Chimney Swallow was found in great number near 

 Schieffelinsville from December to March. 



15. Eury stomus afer (Lath.). 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 158; id. 1886, p. 248. 



This species seems to be much more frequent than E. 

 gidaris, as I found it not only along the Messurado-, Junk- 

 and Du Queah Rivers, but also in all the places I visited 

 down to Cape Palmas. At my station at Hill Town , I saw 

 nearly every evening, about sunset, hundreds of these birds 

 wheeling in the air and hunting for insects. With their 

 long wings and thick heads they have, while flying, very 

 much the appearance of a small Falcon. During day-time 

 they are very lazy and sit for hours motionless on a dry 

 twig exposed to the hot sun. 



16. Haley on badia, Verr. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 165. 



Only two specimens obtained (Du Queah). 



Notes from the Leyden ]Muiseuixi, Vol. X. 



