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from A. gracilis and A. curvirostris but it may be born in mind 

 that A. gracilis and A. curvirostris hâve longer narrovver bills, 

 whereas the bill of A. virens and subsp. is decidedly stumpy. 



(Tins is a bird inhabiting a dense swampy bush and possessing 

 a lovelv song and feeding on small pink berries; it is usually in 

 small lots of 4-6 birds. — W. P. L.) 



Family HIRUNDINIDAE. 



Hirundo rustica rustica. 



Hirundo rustica Linn., Svst. Nat., loth éd. 1758, p. 191. — Tvpe 

 locality : Sweden. 



Mr LowE shot an adult and an immature Swallow at Iju on the 

 27th December. 



We hâve in the British Muséum a large séries of African-killed 

 examples of the Swallow, the following localities in West Africa 

 being represented : Sénégal; at sea off Cape Verde (August); 

 Libéria (January) ; Gold Coast (February, April, May); S. Nigeria 

 (December); Niger river (April); Cameroon; Congo-Mouth 

 (February); N. Angola (February). 



Spécimens in the Muséum Collection from the African Islands 

 are as follbws : Salvage Islands (April); Madeira (May); Canary 

 Islands (March, Api'il, May, and see Ibis, iqiQ, p. 316.) 



(An old and voung bird secured, both of which are moulting. 

 They were not common in I3ecember and only 3 or 4 birds were 

 seen. — W. P. L.) 



Hirundo semirufa gordoni. 



Hirundo gordoni ]AKDiti¥., Contr. Orn., 1851, p. m. — Type 

 locality : Gold Coast. 



Gordon's wSwallow was tolerably common in January and 

 February near Lagos, when Mr Lowe shot his two examples at Iju. 



