40 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON BIRDS [Jftll. 17, 



116. COTILE CINCTA. 



Cotile cincta, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 164 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. X. p. 101. 



No. l.'iS. $. Wadelai, Oct. 7, 1885. 

 No. 64. $ . Wadelai, Feb. 9, 1886. 



117. HiRUNDO RUSTiCA, Linn. * 



Hirundo rustica, Haiti. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, 

 p. 109; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 128. 

 ?. Lado, Oct. 30, 1885. 

 No. 145. 6 • Wadelai, Sept. 30, 1885. 



118. Hirundo smithi, Leach. 



Hirundo filifera, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 155. 

 Hirundo smithi, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 150. 

 Nos. 115, 124. Wadelai, Sept. 1885. 



119. Hirundo semirufa, Sundev. 



Hirundo semirufa and H. gordoni, Sharpe, Cat. B, Brit. Mus. x. 

 pp. 167, 168. 



?. Wadelai, Oct. 12, 1885. 



Total length 8'2 inches, wing 4'8. H. semirufa from South Africa 

 is said to be slightly larger than H. gordoni from West Africa, but 

 I believe that the distinctness of these races cannot be maintained. 



120. PsALlDOPROCNE ALBICEPS, Sclat. 



Psalidoprocne albiceps, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 108, pi. xiv. ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 206. 



S. Wadelai, June 28, 1885. 



?. Wadelai, July 5, 1885. 



No. 116. 6 juv. Wadelai, Sept. 12, 1885. 



This is only the second time this interesting species has been sent 

 home. The former specimen, the type, was received in spirits from 

 Uzinza, where it was procured by the expedition of Speke and 

 Grant. 



IL PICARI^. 



121. COSMETORNIS VEXILLARIUS (Gould). 



Cosmetornis vexi/larius, Sclat. Ibis, 1864, p. 11.5, pi. 2 ; Sharpe, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. 1884, p. 434. 



Nos. 700, 701. d. Tingasi, July2, 1883. 



122. Dendropicus lafresnayii, Malh. 

 Dendropicus lafresnayii, Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 425. 

 No. 168. (S. Tobbo, May 16, 1883. 



This species w&b previously known only from (he west coast. 



