316 MR. R.B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINID&. [May 12, 
few very narrow black strie ; under tail-coverts glossy steel-blue ; 
under wing-coyverts white. 
Hab. N.E. Africa (Heuglin); Casamanze (Verreaux); River 
Gambia (Mus. R. B. S.). 
15. HrrunpDo SENEGALENSIS. 
Hirondelle & ventre roux de Sénégale, Buff. Pl. Enl. 310. 
Hirundo senegalensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 345 (1766) ; Swains. 
B. of W. Afr. ii. pl. 6 (1837); Jard. Contr. to Orn. 1849, p. 4; 
Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 339 (1850); Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 
1853, p. 399; Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. p. 156 (1869) ; Mill. Journ. 
f. Orn. 1855, p. 4; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 27 (1857); id. J. f. O. 
1861, p. 103; Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 69 (1869). 
Hirundo rufula, Gould, Birds of Eur. pl. 55 (1837, nec Temm.). 
Cecropis senegalensis, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1845) ; Cass. 
Cat. Hirund. p. 3 (1853) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 16 (1856). 
Hirundo melanocrissus, Heugl. Journ. f. Orn, 1862, p. 297 (nec 
Riipp.). 
Above purplish blue; sides of the head and back of the neck, 
almost forming a nuchal cellar, as well as the entire ramp, deep 
sienna; quills dull black, slightly glossed with blue; upper tail- 
coverts dull pnrplish blue ; tail-feathers black, unspotted; throat 
and cheeks buffy white, as also are the under wing-coverts; rest of 
the underparts deep chestnut; bill black; feet very dark brown. 
Total length 9 inches, wing 5:7, tail 4°2. 
Hab. Senegal (Mus. Philad.) ; River Gambia (Mus. Brit.) ; 
Casamanze (Verreaux) ; Fantee (Gordon) ; Ashantee (Mus. Brit.) ; 
N.E. Africa, up to 14° lat. (Heuglin). 
16. HrrunpDoO MONTEIRI. 
Hirundo monteiri, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 340, pl. 11; Gurney, 
Ibis, 1863, p. 116; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 320; Gray, Hand-l. of B. 
i. p. 69 (1869); Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. ii. p. 40 (1868); dd. 
1869, p. 339; Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Ostafr. p. 139 (1870). 
Male. Above glossy blue-black, the head capped and united 
to the nape by a broad interrupted band of blue-black feathers ; 
a narrow line of feathers from the base of the nostrils to the eye 
dusky black; space below this line, and the base of the beak, 
cheeks, and ear-coverts, whitish, tinged with grey on the latter; 
lower part of the back and rump deep chestnut ; upper tail-coverts 
blue-black ; quills dusky brown, with a dark greenish-blue lustre 
on the upper surface ; tail greenish blue above, blackish underneath, 
with an oblong white spot ou the inner web of the exterior tail- 
feathers; throat and under wing-coverts white, tinged with light 
rufous ; a triangular patch of feathers on the side of the head 
extending from the eye backwards, nearly encircling the head, and 
extending down the sides of the neck very bright rufous ; shoulders 
and sides of the chest dark blue-black, like the back; breast and 
under tail-coverts deep rufous, with a black spot near the tip of the 
