1870.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINIDA. 313 
web elongated and much attenuated, two centre feathers purplish 
blue, unspotted, the rest having a roundish white spot on the inner 
web; under surface white, faintly tinged with pink on the throat 
and upper part of the breast ; a crescent-shaped patch of feathers on 
each side of the latter dull purplish blue; bill black ; feet dark brown. 
Total length 5:7 inches, wing 4°3, tail 2°85. 
Young. Crown dull brown; rest of the upper surface of the body 
brown, glossed with dull blue; tail quite square, or only slightly 
emarginate ; underparts white, beautiful light pink on the throat 
and upper part of the breast. 
Hab. Casamanze (Leconte); Chisalla Island, Congo (Tuckey) ; 
Benguela (Auchieta); Zambesi (Kirk); Dongola, Berber, Kordofan, 
Bahr-el-azrag, and Abyssinia between 2500 and 3000 feet altitude 
(Heuglin) ; Agula (Blanford). 
Lord Walden considers that no differential characters can be found 
to separate the Indian and African examples of this species. As 
regards myself, I have not seen a sufficient number of specimens from 
Africa to warrant my giving a decisive answer on this point ; but as 
far as my experience goes I am inclined to differ from his lordship. 
I have examined several specimens from Africa, but have never 
met with any one so fine as those which we get from India; but on 
the other hand, I have seen Indian specimens not fully grown which 
it would be impossible to distinguish from the ordinary run of Afri- 
can specimens. The description and measurements are taken from a 
bird, apparently fully adult, from the Zambesi, in Lord Walden’s col- 
lection. That of the young is taken from a specimen in the British 
Museum, collected by Livingstone at Tette. 
11. HirunpDo GRISEOPYGA. 
Hirundo griseopyga, Sunder. GEfv. Kongl. V. Akad. Forh. Stockh. 
1850, p. 107 (descr. orig.); Layard, B. of S. Afr. p. 55 (1867). 
Atticora griseopyga, Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. p. 149 (1869). 
Atticora melbina, Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, p- 310 
(deser. orig.) ; Strickl. Contr. to Orn. 1851, p. 163; Hartl. Journ. 
f. Orn. 1853, p. 398; Mill. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p- 3; Hartl. Orn. 
Westafr. p. 25 (1857); Cass. Proc. Phil. Acad. 1859, p. 33; Hartl. 
Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 103. 
Hirundo melbina, Strick]. Contr. to Orn. 1851, p-. 131. 
Atticora cypseloides, Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 297, et 1864, 
p- 276. 
Entire head, lower part of back, and rump dull brownish grey ; 
middle of the back and wing-coverts dark blue; quills brownish 
black glossed with dull blue; tail dull brown, glossed above with 
blue ; lores black ; a narrow line of feathers extending backwards 
over the eye whitish; cheeks and ear-coverts dull grey-brown; 
under surface of the body milky white, the sides of the upper part of 
the breast being greyish brown; bill and feet pale brown. Total 
length 5:8 inches, of wing 3°9, tail 3-3. 
Hab, Natal (Wahlberg); Gaboon (Verreaux); Camma River 
(Du Chaillu) ; Cape Lopez (Du Chaillu) ; Abyssinia (Heuglin). 
