1870.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINIDE. 315 
13. HiruNDO MELANOCRISSA. 
Cecropis melanocrissus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1845); Des 
Murs in Lefebvr. Voy. Abyss. Zool. p. 79 (1849); Mill. Journ. f. 
Orn. 1855, p. 5; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 16 (1856). 
Hirundo melanocrissa, Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 69 (1869). 
Hirundo rufula (pt.), Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 339 (1850). 
Above deep indigo-blue glossed with purple, the usual white lines 
on the upper part of the back; feathers in front of the eye black ; 
a narrow line of feathers from the base of the bill extending back- 
wards over the eye, sides of the neck and round the nape and 
forming an interrupted nuchal collar deep sienna; rump paler 
sienna; quills brownish black, glossed with greenish steel-blue ; 
upper tail-coverts deep steel-blue; tail-feathers brownish black, 
glossed with greenish above; cheeks and throat pale buffy white, 
the shafts of the feathers marked by small black lines; rest of the 
body buff, with faint marks; the apical end of the under tail-coverts 
glossy blue-black, having the appearance of a black crissum; bill 
black ; feet dark brown. Total length 7 inches, of wing 4°7, tail 3°6. 
Hab. North-Eastern Africa. 
This species appears to be confined to North-Eastern Africa, where 
we learn from Dr. von Heuglin that it is found chiefly in pairs 
throughout the rainy season up to February in Central Abyssinia, 
both in the mountains and in the valleys. Mr. Blanford also pro- 
cured it in Abyssinia. 
Professor Barboza du Bocage must surely be mistaken in the 
locality (Cape-Verde Islands) assigned by him to a specimen in the 
Lisbon Museum. [If really from the west coast of Africa at all, it 
would most likely be H. domicella. 
The description and measurements are taken from a fine specimen 
procured at Undel Wells. 
14. HrrunDO DOMICELLA. 
Hirundo domicella, Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Ostafr. p. 143 (1870) ; 
Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. p. 159 (1869). 
Hirundo melanocrissa, Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 27 (1857) ; 
Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 168 (var.) ; Antin. Cat. Coll. Uce. p. 25 
(1865), nec Riipp. 
Head, back, and scapulars deep indigo ; feathers in front of the 
eye black ; a thin narrow line of bright rufous extending over this 
line to the eye; ear-coverts and sides of the neck rich rufous, ex- 
tending round the neck and forming a narrow collar ; the feathers 
on the upper back loose, so that a few of the margins show, giving 
a striped appearance ; wing-coverts dull steel-blue ; quills brownish, 
slightly glossed with dull steel-blue, paler on the under surface and 
on the inner edge of the secondaries ; lower part of the back and 
rump uniform rich sienna; upper tail-coverts glossy steel-blue ; 
tail forked, black above, paler beneath, glossed on the upper sur- 
face with greenish steel-blue ; under surface of the body white, ful- 
vous on the breast and abdomen, and marked on the breast with a 
