1869. ] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF ANGOLA. 967 
“No. 21. Male. River Loge.””—J. J. M. 
This specimen scarcely agrees with Fantee specimens in my col- 
lection. There is a greater amount of white edging on the tail, for 
instance, and there are other minor differences. 
7. HiRUNDO ANGOLENSIS. (Plate XLIII.) 
Hirundo angolensis, Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. 1868, p. 10. 
* Ambriz, March 1869. Female. 
** Ambriz, April 1869.”—J. J. M. 
This species has been recently described by Professor Barboza du 
Bocage (J. ¢.), and is a very interesting novelty. The two Specimens 
sent by Mr. Monteiro agree with the description of the learned Pro- 
fessor ; and I herewith subjoin a detailed account of one of them for 
the benefit of ornithologists, as the bird was hitherto only known from 
the original specimen in the Lisbon Museum. 
Forehead, throat, and upper part of the breast deep brick-red ; 
entire upper surface dark steel-blue ; tail gradually forked, the whole 
of the inner webs, except a black border at the tip, pure white, the 
two middle feathers steel-blue; a band across the breast below the 
red throat steel-blue; the rest of the breast and under tail-coverts 
ash-coloured, a little paler in the centre of the breast; the under 
tail-coverts washed with rufous, each feather margined with pale 
grey and having a little heart-shaped blue mark before the end of 
the feather, the black shaft being also strongly defined ; under wing- 
coverts dark ashy-grey, washed on the edge of the wing with steel- 
blue; beak and legs black. 
As Professor Barboza du Bocage remarks, this Swallow belongs to 
the same group as H. rustica, but is easily distinguished by the 
colour of the under wing-coverts. Its nearest ally is a little Swallow 
from the river Gambia (Hirundo lucida, Verr.). I have long pos- 
sessed a specimen of this latter Swallow, which I had supposed must 
be the Hirundo angolensis of Barboza; but the acquisition of a 
second and more adult bird a short time ago, which was given me by 
Mr. Gould, awakened some suspicion in my mind as to its correct 
identification, and the receipt of the true H. angolensis from Mr. 
Monteiro proves that the Gambian bird is a totally distinct species. 
The latter may at once be distinguished by its altogether brighter 
colours, and by the white under wing- and tail-coverts. 
8. MoraciLya vipua. 
Motacilla vidua, Sundev. Ofv. Kongl. Vet. Akad. Férh. 1850, 
p. 158. 
Motacilla capensis, Mont. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 334. 
“No. 19. River Loge at Ambriz.”—J. J. M. 
9. IRRISOR CYANOMELAS. 
Tnrisor cyanomelas (Viell.) ; Mont. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 94. 
“No. 12. Young female. River Quanza, November 15th, 1868. 
Stomach contained remains of beetles.’”—J. J. M. 
