PSALIDOPROCNE FULIGINOSA, Shelley. 



JOHNSTON'S ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. 



Psalidoprocne fuligmosa, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 123. 



P. suprtl saturate chocolatina : pileo dorso concolore : subalaribus chocolatino-brunneis. 

 Hab. in Africa occidentali. 



Adult male. General colour above dark chocolate-brown, the head being like the back, the lores velvety 

 black ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, quills, and tail rather blacker ; entire under surface of 

 body also chocolate-brown, the under wing-coverts somewhat lighter and more smoky brown. 

 Total length 5 - 2 inches, culinen 025, wing 4"2, tail 2 - 5, tarsus 0*35. 



Hab. Mountains of the Cameroons district, West Africa. 



This species was discovered by the well-known African traveller Mr. II. H. Johnston 

 in the Cameroons Mountains, at a height of 9000 feet. Captain Shelley mentions a 

 female bird as having been procured by Mr. Johnston ; but in our opinion both speci- 

 mens are males, the rough edge of the wing being a little less pronounced in one than 

 in the other. 



The description and figure are both taken from the typical specimen in the British 

 Museum. 



