HIRUNDO NIGRORUFA [ante*, p. 325]. 



Add :— 



Hirundo nigroritfa, Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. iii. (1886) ; Bocage, Jorn. 

 Sc. Lisb. (2) viii. pp. 257, 258 (1892). 



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



HIRUNDO SMITH I I [ante*, p. 327]. 



Add :— 



Hirundo filifera, Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 12S ; Matschie, J. f . O. 1887, p. 141 ; 

 St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 155 ; Eeichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 153 ; Rendall, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 219. 



Hirnndo smithii, Sharpe & "Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. iii. (18S6) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 

 1888, p. 10 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) vi. p. 231 (1888) ; Oates, ed. Hume's 

 Nest & Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 188 (1890) ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 280 (1890) ; 

 Emin, J. f. O. 1891, p. 59 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 305 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. (2) 

 viii. p. 258 (1892) ; Eeichen. Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. x. p. 16 (1893). 



Count Salvadori records a fine adult male of this species obtained at Malcogebdu, in 

 Shoa, by Dr. Eagazzi, on the 19th of February. It was procured by Emin Pasha at 

 Wadelai in September. Mr. F. J. Jackson met with it in the Kikuyu country in August. 

 Dr. Fischer's localities for the species are the town of Zanzibar in August, Lindi, 

 Tschara, and Wapokomolaud. Dr. Stuhlmann met with the species at Zanzibar in 

 November, Emin Pasha at Mrogoro in Ugogo in May. Dr. Bohni has sent specimens 

 from Karema. 



According to Dr. Eendall, the species is rare on the Gambia. He found a nest with 

 three eggs on the 7th of November, 1889, the nest being exactly like that of Hirundo 

 luoida. 



The late Sir Oliver St. John, in his paper on the birds of Southern Afghanistan and 

 Kelat, remarked : — " Somewhat to my surprise I found this bird on several occasions in 

 the Arghandab valley, and on one occasion near Kelat-i-Ghilzai, 5000 feet above the sea. 

 It was not common, and I observed it nowhere else. Mr. Murray notices its occurrence 

 at Quetta, but I have not seen it there." 



The following additional notes on the nesting of the species have appeared in 

 Mr. Oates's edition of Mr. Hume's ' Nest and Eggs of Indian Birds ' : — " Major C. T. 

 Bingham says : — ' I have found many nests of this beautiful Swallow under the bridges 

 on both the eastern and western Jumna canals at Delhi. They are half-saucers of mud 

 lined with straw and a few soft feathers. Cm the 27th May eleven nests that I took 



