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HIRUNDO LUCIDA [antea, p. 297]. 

 Add :— 



Mr-undo lucida, Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 159 (1885) ; Sliarpe & Wyatt, 

 Monogr. Hirund. pt. i. (1885) ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. viii. p. 218 (1886); id. 

 Beiseb. Liberia, ii. p. 173 (1890); Kendall, Ibis, 1892, p. 218. 



Obtained by Mr. Stampfli about fifteen miles from Monrovia, in Liberia, on tbe Mes- 

 surado River, in October. Mr. Biittikofer found a nest on tbe 2nd of April, on an old 

 window-seat of tbe Dutch factory at Monrovia : it was constructed in tbe same way as 

 tbe nests of Hirundo rustica, and contained three half-fledged nestlings. 



On the River Gambia, Dr. Rendall says it is "common and fearless of man; its 

 low sweet song is sustained for a minute or more, and bears a resemblance to that of a 

 Canary, but is always subdued in tone. Its builds a cup-shaped nest of mud, lined with 

 fine grass and feathers, and lays from three to five eggs." 



Lor the geographical distribution of this species, vide supra, Plate 15 [Map]. 



HIRUNDO ALBIGULARIS [ante*, p. 303]. 



Add :— 



Hirundo albigularis, Liscber, J. f. O. 1885, p. 128 ; Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. 

 Hirund. pt, x. (1889) ; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. (2) viii. p. 258 (1892). 



Besides the Malindi record, Dr. Eiscker also notices this species from Bagamoyo. 

 Lor the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 78 [Map]. 



HIRUNDO ^THIOPICA [antea, p. 307]. 

 Add :— 



Hirundo cethiopica, Sliarpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. ii. (1885) ; Liscber, J. f. O. 



18S5, p. 128 ; Oustalet, Bibl. Ecole Hautes-Etudes, xxxi. art. x. p. 5 (1886) ; 



Hartert, J. f. O. 1886, p. 590 ; Salvad. Ami. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 230 (18S8). 



The present species was not met with by the Marquis Antinori in Shoa, but Dr. 

 Ragazzi procured a young bird at Gascia Mulu on July 31st. 



Dr. Lischer's localities for the species, as observed by him in East Africa, are as 

 follows : — Mombasa, Malindi, Pangani, Maurui, Little Aruscba, Komboko, and 

 Mossiro. 



Dr. Oustalet records this Swallow as found by M. Revoil in Somali Land. 



Mr. Hartert found it common at Loko on the Benue River, in July. It was 

 breeding in the houses of the negroes, at the highest point of tbe roof. 



Eor the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 78 [Map]. 



