240 jNIr. D. A. Eaunermau on a Collection of 



Elminia i.ongicauda (Swains.). 



Elminia longicauda Reich, ii. p. 496. 



a-c. ^ ? . Sierra Leoue. 31st Jan.-lOth March, 1911. 

 (Nos. 445, 594, 611.) 



Iris brown ; bill black ; feet brown. 



Total length in the flesh 7 inches ; expanse of wings 

 8^ inches. 



[This Flycatcher, unlike most of its genus, does not wait 

 patiently on its perch until an insect flies within range, but 

 linnts diligently along a bough, driving the insects before 

 it until they take to flight, when they are immediately seized 

 and devoured. — W. P. L.] 



lIlRUNDO RUSTICA LiuU. 



Hinindo rustica Reich, ii. p. 406. 



a,b. $. Nanna Kru. 3rd & 21st Jan., 1911. (Nos. 

 223, 336.) 



c.S- Axira. 23rd Feb., 1911. (No. 493.) 



Iris brown; bill black; feet dark brov/n. 



Total length in the flesh 8 inches ; expanse of wings 

 \'2\ inches. 



[Swallows were common — doubtless on migration. — 

 W. P. L.] 



HiRUNDO GRISEOPYGA Sundcv. 



Hirundo yriseopyga Reich, ii. p. 403. 



u,b. S ?• Nanna Kru. 5th & 8th Jan., 1911. (Nos. 

 265. 298.) 



Iris brown ; bill black ; feet brownish. 



Total length in the flesh 6j inches; expanse of wings 

 9 incnes. 



H. yriseopyga has not hitherto been recorded from Liberia. 



[This species is not uncommon in Liberia. — W. P. L.] 



IIlRUNDO LEUCOSOMA SwaiuS. 



Hirundo eucosnma Reich, ii. p. 404. 

 a. ? . Axim. 22nd Feb., 1911. (No. 502.) 

 This is the only example of its species which ]\Ir. Lowe 

 procured, and hence I am somewhat unwillingly compelled 



