296 MR. R.B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINIDE. [May 12, 
Phedina, sp., Roch & E. Newt. Ibis, 1862, p. 270; E. Newt. 
Ibis, 1863, p. 340. 
Above rather pale brownish grey, the shafts of all the feathers 
being distinctly marked; wing-coverts and quills blackish brown, 
the latter paler underneath ; tail dark brown, somewhat lighter on 
the inner webs; lores black ; cheeks, sides of the neck, and breast 
greyish brown with darker shaft-stripes ; rest of the under surface 
of the body white, with thin longitudinal stripes, the lower part of 
the abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white, the shafts of the 
feathers only indicated by a narrow line of brown; sides of the 
breast and flanks greyish brown; bill black ; feet dark brown. 
Total length 5°5 inches, of wing 4°7, tail 0°2. 
Hab. Madagascar (Hartlaub). 
Dr. Hartlaub, in 1561, separated the Phedina from Madagascar 
as a distinct species, though no direct evidence had been received 
till recently to confirm this decision. Lately, however, I had the 
pleasure of receiving, in a small collection of birds sent from North 
Madagascar by Mr. Crossley, two specimens of this species; and the 
colour of these birds is certainly paler than in the Mauritius speci- 
mens, and the abdomen and under tail-coverts are nearly pure white. 
I therefore keep the two birds distinct ; and it should be remembered 
that on both occasions of his visiting Madagascar Mr. Edward 
Newton saw a Phedina flying about which he believed to be distinct 
from the bird of Réunion, with which he was well acquainted. 
Genus 5. CoTyLe. Type. 
Cotile, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 550 ....... Rn Oo Ay TA CE 
Biblis, Less. 
Clavis specierum. 
a. torque pectorali. 
a’. tectricibus subalaribus brunneis ..............eseeeeceeeeeeres 1. riparia, 
2’. tectricibus subalaribus albis. 
a’. major: rectrice extima versus apicem alba ......... 2. eques. 
4". minor: rectrice extima omnino brunnea ............ 3. cincta. 
d, torque pectorali nullo. 
a‘, majores: rectricibus albo maculatis. 
a'', pectore superiore cum gula immaculata rufescenti- 
bus: subtus saturate nigricanti-brunnea ......... 4, fuligula. 
b". gula alba vel pallide fulvescente. 
a’’’, gula brunneo notata .......s.seeseeeeenecee eens 5. rupestris. 
db!" gula albicante, immaculata..............:esee 6. obsoleta. 
/. minor: rectricibus immaculatis ...........ceccceereeeeeeeeees 7. paludicola. 
1. CoryLE RIPARIA. 
Cotyle riparia (Linn.); Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1845); 
Sclater, Contr. to Orn. 1852, p. 124; Mill. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, 
p- 5; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 17 (1856); Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. 
p. 165 (1869); Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Ost-Afr. p. 145. 
Cotyle littoralis, Hempr. & Ehr. in Mus. Berol. (teste Heuglin). 
Adult male. Above dark earthy brown, a little paler on the lower 
part of the back and upper tail-coverts; throat and cheeks white, 
