BIRDS 337 



71. Irrisorjacksoni Sharpe. 



$ ad. Eldoma Ravine, Uganda Protectorate, 23/3/98. " Iris 

 dark brown, feet brick-red, bill blood-red." (Salvin, Cat. B., 

 Brit. Mus. XVI., PI. 3, f. i). Wing 130 mm. 



72. RJiinopomastes cyanonielas (Vieill.) 



$ ad. Samburu, fourth camp on road from Mombasa to 

 Uganda. 



(SWIFTS.) 



73. Apus shelleyi{^?\\?idi.) 



One male of a swift, shot at Kakamaga's on March 12, 1898 

 (Kavirondo), belongs to A. shelleyi. It closely resembles A. apus, 

 but is smaller; the secondaries- are decidedly paler, but the 

 difference in the shape of the rectrices is very slight. Wing 

 145 mm., tail 70. " Iris chocolate-brown, feet light brown, bill 

 black." 



Very little is known about this swift, which must be resident 

 in some parts of North-Eastern Africa. 



74. Tachomis parvus (Lcht.) 

 Fovira in Unyoro, January 12, 1898. 



(SWALLOWS.) 



75. Hirujido senegalensis\^. 

 Masindi, Unyoro, 27 6/97. 



76. Hiriindo rustica L. 

 Kibero (Unyoro) in October ; Kampala (Uganda) in February. 



77. Hinifido gordoni ]-A.x<\. 



Road between Kampala and Port Alice, Uganda, 1 1/2/97. 

 This species does not seem to be recorded so far east. 



78. Hirundo piiella Temm & Schleg. 

 Mombasa (British East Africa). 



79. Cotile riparia (L.) 

 Kibero in Unyoro, October. 



