The late Mr. Monteiro procured a specimen in Benguela, and Ancliieta has met 

 with the species on the Coroca River, at Caconda, and at Hnilla in Mossamedes. 



On the Lower Congo, Petit has found it at Landana in January and Fehruary, and 

 Dr. Ealkenstein on the Loango coast. It has not heen included in any of the lists of 

 birds from the Upper Congo regions. 



The first record of its occurrence in Eastern Africa appears to have been in 1873, 

 Avhen the Rev. T. Wakefield found the species near Mombasa. It seems to be plentiful 

 there, and since that date instances of its capture have been multiplied. Dr. Eischer 

 writes : — " I found K. puella at Mombasa in December, where it appears to breed during 

 the dry season, viz. from December to April. During my I'esidence here in the year 

 1877, from May to August, I did not notice the species at Mombasa, and it therefore 

 seems to go somewhere else during the rainy season. They were in the habit of flying 

 round the Arab houses after the manner of our European Swallow, were very tame, and 

 often settled in the interior of the houses, the porches of which afforded them good 

 nesting-places. I even found a completel^^ finished nest under the cornice of a balcony, 

 from which it extended in a slanting direction over the ceiling of the room. Its length 

 w^as 21 centimetres, and at the base about 30 centimetres, so tliat the entrance was 

 4 centimetres in diameter. It was composed of little nodules of clay, and had no thicker 

 lining inside. This Swallow utters sometimes a soft ' zizi,' at others a harsh ' terr.' The 

 males have also a short song, which reminds one of that of Kersten's Weaver-bird 

 {Sycobrotus kersteni), but is less of a warble." Dr. Eischer also met with the species at 

 Pangani on the 1st of December, where it was again nesting in the porches of the Arab 

 stone dwellings. On the 2fth of April, at Xguruman, he found a colony of some tliirty 

 pairs on a steep Avail of rock, at the foot of which a brook was flowing ; the nests were 

 cup-shaped and made of clay, some containing fresh eggs and others young birds. Near 

 Maurui he saw this Swallow engaged in carrying little lumps of clay from the shores of 

 the river. The eggs are white. 



Dr. Hildebrandt sent specimens from Kitui in Ukamba, where he met with the 

 species in June. He states that the name of the Swallow in Mombasa is ' Mbaimbayu.' 

 Dr. Eischer also procured specimens at Wito and Barawa, and on his last expedition he 

 noticed the species at Msingissua in Usegua. Sir John Kirk has forwarded examples 

 from Dar-es-Salaam, Malinda, and the Usambara Hills, and Dr. Eischer from Bagamoyo. 



In Shoa it was procured by Sir W. C. Harris in January at Ankober. Antinori 

 met with it at Ambo-Karra on the 9th of March, and Dr. Ragazzi also obtained a female 

 at the Ealls of Earrc on the 19th of March. 



During the Abyssinian Expedition, Mr. Blanford and Mr. Jesse met with it in 

 Tigre, procuring examples in April and May, at Senafe, Dongolo, and Rayrayguddy. 

 Von Heuglin has published the following note : — 



" I cannot say positively whether the Striped Abyssinian Swallow is a resident bird, 

 but it certainly wanders to localities where it never breeds. We have met with it in 

 different parts of Abyssinia northwards as far as Bogos in May, July, August, Sej)tember, 



