1 91 8.] the Birds of the Anglo-E(/yptian Sudan. 719 



The races then are : — 



1. HiRUNDo PUELLA PUELLA Temm. & Schl. 



Striping on underside much finer and often with a rufous 

 wash on the sides of the breast. Smaller : wing 95-102 ram. 

 Range. Gold Coast, etc. 



2. HiRUNDo p. ABYSsiNiCA Guer. 



Striping very slightly coarser and not thick on the belly, 

 underside very plainly white. Size larger : wing 105-1 10 mm. 

 Range. Abyssinia. 



3. HiRUNDO p. UNITATIS, Subsp. U. 



Striping very much coarser and more thickly applied, 

 underside as mucli black as Avhite, Size large : wing 105- 

 115 ram. ; wing of type 107 rara. 



Range. South Africa north to British East Africa, the 

 Congo, Ugandii, and the Lado Enclave. 



Hirundo domicella. 



Hiriindo domicella Hartl. & Finsch, Vog. Ostafr. 1870, 

 p. 140: Casamanse, Senegal; lleichw. V. A. ii. p. 420; 

 Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 239. 



[B. coll.] 3 Bor Apl. Oct. Mon. ; 2 Bahr el Ghazal 

 Jan. ; 1 Lado Feb , 1 Kajo Kaji Mch. L.E. 



This bird is tlie Sudanese and West African representative 

 of H. melanocrissa Riipp. of Abyssinia and of H. daurica 

 Linn, of Asia. As, however, it is quite distinct from those 

 species and no intermediate forms are found, we prefer to 

 keep it as a species. 



Hirundo semirufa gordoni. 



Hirundo gordoni Jardiue, Contr. Orn. 1851, p 111: Gold 

 Coast ; Reichw. V. A. ii. p. 418. 



[B. coll.] 1 Gigging May, Mon. ; 1 Kajo Kaji Apl. L E. 



Hirundo senegalensis senegalensis. 



Hirundo senegalensis Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th cd. 1766, 

 p. 348: Senegal; lleichw. V. A. ii. p. 415 ; Butler, Ibis, 

 1905, p. 342. 



[B. coll.] 4 Roseires July Aug. Sen.; 1 Jebel Melbis 

 Apl. Kor. 



