HIRUNDO LEUCOSOMA [antea, p. 3111. 



Add :— 



Rirnndo leucosoma, Sharpe & "Wyatt, Mouogr. Hirund. pt. i. (1885) ; Pteichen. 

 J. f. O. 1891, p. 382. 



Sext from Togo Land by Dr. Biittner. 



For tlie geographical distribution of tbis species, vide infra, Plate 78 [Map]. 



HIRUNDO DIMIDIATA [antea, p. 313]. 

 Add :— 



Hirundo dimidiata, Sbarpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. xi. (1889) ; Bocage, 



Jorn. Sc. Lisb. (2) viii. p. 258 (1892). 



For tbe geographical distribution of tbis species, vide infra, Plate 79 [Map]. 



HIRUNDO NIGRITA [antea, p. 317]. 

 Add:— 



Hirundo nigrita, Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. iv. (1886) ; Biittik. 

 Notes Leyd. Mus. x. p. 68 (1888), xi. p. 130 (1889); Shelley, Ibis, 1890, 

 p. 163; Beichen. J. f. O. 1890, p. 117; Biittik. Beiseb. Liber, ii. p. 100, cum 

 fig. (1891). 



Waldenia nigrita, Beichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 21 ; Hartert, J. f. O. 1886, p. 590. 



Dr. BjETCHenow found tbe present species common on the Lower Wuri and Camaroons. 

 In Liberia Mr. Biittikofer obtained the eggs. He gives a picture of the nest, built 

 of mud and attached to the bough of a tree overhanging tbe river. He gives the 

 following interesting note : — " Frequently found in pairs with nest and eggs on the 

 Du Queah, from its mouth upwards to the first falls, and on all other rivers I happened 

 to visit on my journey to Cape Palmas. The beautiful Biver-Swallow is not easily got 

 to leave the place which it once has chosen as nesting-place, and will always keep 

 within some hundred yards from it. On one of my first trips up the Du Queah, 

 on the 3rd of January, I found a nest with two fresh eggs in a hollow of a log, 

 projecting about six feet above high water. The nest consisted of small stems of grass, 

 small pieces of bark, and a few feathers, without any earthy substances, and contained 

 two eggs. As it was a very fine nesting-place I sawed the end of the log down when 

 passing a few days afterwards and carried it off with nest and eggs, which were then 



