318 MR. R, B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINID&. | May 12, 
19. HiruNbo CUCULLATA. 
Hirondelle & téte rousse du Cap de Bonne Espérance, Buff. Pl. 
Enl. 723. f. 2. 
Hirundo cucullata, Bodd. Tabl. Pl. Enl. p. 45 (1783, ex Buff.) ; 
Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 58 (1845); éd. Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 23 
(1848); Mill. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 4; Jard. Edinb. N. Phil. 
Journ. n.s. ili. p. 241 (1856); Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 69 (1869) ; 
Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. i. p. 162 (1869). 
Hirundo capensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1019 (1788, ex Buff.) ; 
Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 339 (1850); Grill, Zool. Anteckn. 
p- 34 (1858); Layard, Birds of S. Afr. p. 54 (1867); Bocage, 
Jorn. Lisb. 1868, p. 47. 
Cecropis capensis, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971; Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. 
i. p. 47 (1850). 
Head intense sienna, the base of the feathers blue-black, showing 
occasionally a few markings of this on the crown ; upper part of the 
back and scapulars brilliant steel-blue, on the extreme upper part 
at the back of the neck marked with white, this appearance being 
caused by the whitish edging of the feathers; wing-coverts deep 
steel-blue, the edge of the wing marked with white, especially on the 
primary coverts, which are all edged with white; quills brownish 
black, lighter on the inner web, washed exteriorly with dark greenish 
steel-blue ; lower part of the back pale sienna, much paler on the 
upper tail-coverts, where it is nearly white, the outermost upper 
tail-coverts steel-blue ; tail brownish black glossed with dark greenish 
steel-blue, the middle feathers without any white spot on the inner 
web, the next two on each side with a small white spot on the inner 
web, and so on till the last, which have a very large white spot ; 
beneath fulvous white, the shaft of each feather strongly marked 
with brown, these shaft-stripes being very small on the throat and 
cheeks; the sides of the body washed with pale sienna; under tail- 
coverts white, with very distinct shaft-stripes. Total length 7-8 
inches; of bill from front 0°35, from gape 0°5; wing 5:1; tail 4-1; 
tarsus 0°6; middle toe 0°5, hind toe 0°35. 
Young. Head dark brownish sienna, very pale on the sides of the 
neck, the base of the feathers conspicuously showing, so that a 
quantity of blue-black diamond-shaped marks appear on the head ; 
back and scapulars steel-blue, with the white edgings to the feathers 
showing conspicuously on the upper part of the back; wing-coverts 
dark blackish brown, edged at the tip with pale sienna; quills 
blackish brown glossed with deep greenish steel-blue, the secondaries 
tipped with pale sienna; rump pale sienna, the white edging to the 
rump not very distinct, the shafts of all the feathers clearly defined ; 
the blue upper tail-coverts edged with sienna; tail dark blackish 
brown glossed above with deep greenish steel-blue, the outer feathers 
not very long, but having the white spot on the inner web very large 
as in the adult, decreasing in size as it approaches the two centre 
feathers, which are unspotted; under surface of the body white 
tinged with fulvous, deepest on the flanks and abdomen, the shafts 
