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6. HirunpDO £THIOPICA. 
Hirundo ethiopica, Blanf. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1869, p. 329; Gray, 
Hand-l. of B. i. p. 401 (1869); Blanf. Zool. Abyss. p. 347 (1870). 
Hirundo albigularis, Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. p. 153 (1869). 
Cecropis rufifrons, Vierth. Naum. 1853, p- 20; Brehm, Journ. 
f. Orn. 1853, p. 453, et Extrah. p. 96; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 16 
(1856); Vierth. Naum. 1857, p. 110; Brehm, Reise nach Habesch, 
p- 209 (1863), 
Hirundo rufifrons, Des Murs in Lefebvr. Voy. in Abyss: Zool. 
p.78(1845); Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 420, et 1863, p- 168; 
Hartm. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 152. 
Above purplish blue ; forehead deep chestnut ; lores sooty black ; 
cheeks dull black, slightly glossed with purplish blue ; quills brownish 
black, paler on the under surface, the upper surface glossed with 
dark greenish steel-blue ; the inner cubital feathers marked with a 
whitish spot on the inner web; tail blackish brown, above glossed 
with dark greenish steel-blue, all but the two central feathers having 
an oblong white spot on the inner web; under surface pearly white, 
with a crescent-shaped mark of purplish blue feathers on each side of 
the upper part of the breast, not forming a complete band ; under 
tail-coverts white, some of the shafts conspicuously indicated, and a 
small black spot on the outer web of some of the longest ; bill black ; 
feet dark brown. Total length 5 inches, wing 4°1, tail 2:5. 
Hab. N. E. Africa (Heuglin, Blanford). 
7. HirvUNDO LEUCOSOMA. 
Hirundo leucosoma, Swains. Birds of W. Afr. ii. p. 74 (1837) ; 
Fras. P. Z. S. 1843, p. 51; Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 58 (1845) ; id. 
Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 24 (1848); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. 
p- 339 (1850); Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1853, p- 398; Mill. Journ. 
f, Orn. 1855, p. 4; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p- 27 (1857), et Journ. 
f. Orn. 1861, p. 103; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p- 188; Gray, Hand-l. 
of B. i. p. 70 (1869). 
Chelidon leucosoma, Boie, Isis, 1844, p- 171. 
Hemicecrops leucosoma, Bonap. Rivist. Contemp. Torin. 1857, 
p. 4. 
Above dark glossy blue; a white longitudinal bar on the wing, 
which is produced by the inner secondaries being for the most part 
broadly edged externally with pure white; tail graduated, dark 
blue above, dusky beneath, all the feathers except the two middle 
ones marked with white on the inner web, the exterior feathers 
having a large oval spot, which gradually gets smaller on the 
feathers as they approach the centre of the tail, till in the two next 
to the central feathers it is reduced to a small oval spot; entire 
under surface with the under wing- and tail-coverts pure white ; bill 
and feet black. Total length 4:8 inches, of bill from front 0:3, 
from gape 0°45; wing 4:0; tail 1-8; tarsus 0°3; middle toe 0:4, 
hind toe 0:2, lateral toe 0-2. 
Hab. Fantee (Sharpe); Accra (Fraser); Gaboon (PV. erreaux). 
