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The iris in the adult bird is black : in the younger specimen 

 "blue." 



226. PsALIDOPllOCNE PRISTOPTERA. 



Psalidoprocne pristopiera (Riipp.) ; Rcicli. ii. p. 429 

 (1903) ; Neumann, J. f. O. 1905, p. 202. 



An adult male of the Blue Ptough-winged Swallow was 

 procured at Koke, to the west of Addis Abbaba, on tlie 

 24th of April. It is very distinct from the other species 

 mentioned above, having the entire upper- and underparts 

 deep black glossed with steel-blue. 



227. IllPARIA KUFIGULA. 



Riparia rufiyida (Fisch. & Eeich.) ; lleicli. ii. p. 400 

 (1903) ; Neumann, J. f. O. 1905, p. 200; Erlanger, t. c. 

 p. 675. 



A single male example of Fischer's Rock-]\Iartin was 

 procured at Dissa, Knllo, 4000 feet, on the 22nd of June. 



228. Riparia paludicola minor. 



Riparia minor (Cab.) ; Reich, ii. j). 397 (1903) ; Erlanger, 

 J.f.O. 1905, p. 674. 



A male of the Sudan Lesser Sand-Martin was procured 

 at Lake Zwai in January and a female at the Gato River, 

 Konso, in August. The wing-measurement in the male is 

 109 mm., in the female 110. At Antoto a longer-winged 

 specimen (wing 117 mm.) was killed in October, but it 

 appears to be only an unusually large individual. 



229. Riparia cincta erlangeri. 



Riparia cincta (Bodd.); Reich, ii. p. 391 (1903) ; Neumann, 

 J. f. 0. 1905, p. 200. 



Riparia cincta erlangeri Reich. ; Erlanger, J. f. 0. 1905, 

 p. 673. 



Three examples of the Brown-collared Saud-ifartin 

 obtained near Addis Abbaba in April and October belong 

 to the slightly larger northern form which has been dis- 

 tinguished as R. c. erlangeri. 



[To be continued.] 



