74. Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from 
the power of infallibly slaying one’s opponent, though not 
immunity from wounds. 
89. Hrrunpo arroc#erutea. Blue Swallow. 
In March I noticed a flock of these birds several times, 
flying in and out of the high trees on the outskirts of 
Chipete. They roosted every night on the long grass-stems 
in a sheltered kloof hard by, retiring to rest at or before 
sunset, and not rising till after the sun was well up. 
90. Hrrunpo PuELLA. Smaller Stripe-breasted Swallow. 
This is our commonest Swallow, remaining with us 
throughout the year and nesting under ledges in the rocky 
“kraantzes” throughout the district. Baboons are said 
to destroy a large proportion of the nests built in such 
situations. Two or three pairs of these Swallows build 
annually in my verandah. 
91. PSALIDOPROCNE ORIENTALIS. Kastern Rough-winged 
Swallow. 
In the summer months, at all events, this species appears 
to be nearly, if not quite, as common as the preceding, from 
which it is generally distinguishable by the flash of its under 
wing-coverts as it hawks backwards and forwards, usually 
in the neighbourhood of the forest-patches. 
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[To be continued. | 
III. —On a Collection of Birds from Western Persia and 
Armenia. By Harry F. Witrnersy*. With Field- Notes 
by R. B. Woosnam. 
(Plate IT.) 
Tue birds described in the following pages were collected by 
Mr. R. B. Woosnam, who accompanied Colonel A. C. Bailward 
during a journey from the Persian Gulf through Western 
Persia to Armenia and across that country to the Black Sea. 
* {The Editors are not responsible for the nomenclature employed in 
this article —Epp. | 
