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H. rufula. We find, however, that our description of the under tail-coverts in 

 JL. domicella is wrong, and that recent specimens in the British Museum with more 

 perfect feathering show that the under tail-coverts are hlue at the ends, with whitish 

 bases, so that there can be little doubt that H. togoensis is H. domicella, and we must 

 apologize to Dr. Reichenow for having misled him. 



For the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 83 [Map]. 



HIRUNDO HYPERYTHRA [ante* p. 889]. 



Add:— 



Hirundo hyperythra, Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. xi. (1889) ; Oates, ed. 

 Hume's Nest & Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 201 (1890) ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. 



p. 284 (1890). 



For the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 81 [Map]. 



HIRUNDO BADIA [oftfe*. p. 393]. 



Add:— 



Hirundo badia, Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirund. pt. xi. (1889) ; Hartert, J. f. 0. 

 1889, p. 354; Oates, ed. Hume's Nest & Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 186, note (1890). 



Mr. Hartert states that the Berlin Museum possesses a specimen of this Swallow 

 from Sumatra. He found it breeding in Perak, and has given us the accompanying 

 interesting account of the nesting-habits as observed by him : — " I myself have never 

 seen this species in Sumatra, and do not think that it occurred in those parts of the 

 island which I have visited : it is such a striking species that it could scarcely have 

 escaped my notice. 



" In the stomachs of those which I procured in Perak were some somewhat large 

 Cicada?, flies, and mosquitoes. It was near the Kampong ' Padaug Ringas,' in the 

 interior of Perak, that I first saw this fine Swallow, as I was hunting for butterflies and 

 beetles in the burning mid-day sun. It was flying over the rice-fields, catching insects, 

 and soon disappeared ; but I could not make out where the birds came from or whither 

 they went, and, having no gun in my hand at the time, I could not procure a specimen, 

 though I at once recognized that it was a Swallow I had not seen before. I met with 

 the species again, however, some weeks after, further in the interior in the district 

 of Kinta, where it was breeding in the beginning of July, as I found the nests under 

 one of the houses erected, as usual, on piles. The nests were very peculiar, and were 

 constructed in the same way as those of our Common Martin, and lined with feathers. 



