288 MR.R.B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINIDE. [May 12, 
Sclater and Salvin in their excellent paper before referred to, I first 
divide the Hirundinide into two subfamilies, as follows :— 
a. primarii primi pogonio externo valde serrato......... Psalidoprocnine. 
b. primarii primi pogonio externo levi ........-++seeeee- Hirundinine, 
These two subfamilies appear to contain 38 African species, be- 
longing to 7 genera, viz. :— 
Psalidoprocniné.......+. l genus: 4 species. 
Hirundininé .......... 6 genera: 34 species. 
Subfam. I. PsaLipopRocNiIn&. 
Genus 1. PSALIDOPROCNE. 
Type. 
Psalidoprocne, Cab. Mus. H.'Th. i. p. 48 (1850). P. holomelena. 
Pristoptera, Bon. Riv. Contemp. Tor. 1857, p. 4. P. pristoptera, 
Clavis specierum. 
a. pileo nigro. 
a’, cauda fureata. 
@/7, Subalavibus WIPTISs<...c-ssserscescssenssseerassens 1. holomelena. 
6, subalaribus Albis \...5..0..ccrscssseacisasrerensses 2. pristoptera. 
Of WeaUd a MMe OTA nscos- esr sssnaers tienes ydecmerss sweet 3. nitens. 
B.: pileotalbo.2 2. 2...32.dccnseeccetevscernadeconreeseessvecroseoes 4. albiceps. 
1. PSALIDOPROCNE HOLOMELAENA. 
Hirundo holomelas, Sundev. G2fv. Vet. Ak. Férh. Stockh. 1850, 
p- 108 (descr. orig.) ; Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 360; Grill, 
Zool. Anteckn. p. 36 (1858); Layard, Ibis, 1864, p. 134; Gray, 
Hand-l. of B. 1. p. 70 (1869). 
Atticora holomelas, Cass. Cat. Hirund. Phil. Acad. p. 6 (1852); 
Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 25 (1857); Layard, B. of South Afr. 
p. 57 (1867). 
Psalidoprocne holomela, Bonap. Rivist. Contemp. Torin. 1857, p. 4. 
Psalidoprocne holomelena, Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 108. 
Atticora hamigera, Cass. Proc. Phil. Acad. 1850, p. 57, pl. 12 
(descr. orig.). 
Psalidoproene cypselina, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 48 (1850, 
descr. orig.); Mull. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 4. 
Atticora obscura, Temm. MS. in Mus. Ludg., undé 
Atticora obscura, Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 35 (deser. orig.); 
id. Orn. Westafr. p. 26 (1857); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 103. 
Hirundo obscura, Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 360; Gray, 
Hand-l. of B. i. p. 71 (1869). 
Male. Above dark greenish black, deepest in the centre of the 
back and on the breast ; quills deep black with a slight greenish 
lustre, the outer web of the first primary distinctly serrated ; tail 
dark greenish black, long, and deeply forked; bill black ; feet brown. 
Total length 5°4 inches, of wing 4°], tail 3, tarsus 0°3, middle toe 
0:3, lateral toes 0:2. 
Female, Similar to the male, but smaller and somewhat more 
