424 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 
0. S ' 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 17th April. No. 372. 
p-r. c^ et c^ imm. Kaka; 22nd April. No. 389-391. 
Ad. S ? • Ii^s ^2irk hazel ; eyelid cobalt-blue ; bill cobalt- 
blue, blackish at tip; legs and feet bluish-ash. 
Imm. ^ , Similar to the above, but with the coloars of the 
soft parts less pronounced^ the blue of the bill being obscured. 
[This beautiful Paradise-Flycatcher was rather scarce in 
February and March south of Jebel Ahmed-Agha, but on my 
return at the end of May it was very plentiful. It was some- 
what shy and kept to the tops of the trees, but if I remained 
quiet it soon came down and shewed itself off. — R. M. H.] 
70. COTILE RIPARIA. 
Cotile riparia (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 
p. 96 (1885) ; N. C. Boths, & Wollast. p. 19. 
Clivicola ripar^ia Witherby, p. 259. 
a-c. ?. Goz-Abu-Gumar, 17th May. Nos. 494-496. 
Iris hazel ; bill and legs dusky. 
[I saw only one small flock of Sand-Martens, in company 
with some Common Swallows. — B. M. H.] 
71. HiRUNDO RUSTICA. 
Hirundo rustica Linn. ; Witherby, p. 259 ; Grant & Reid, 
p. 664; N. C. Boths. & Wollast. p. 19. 
a. $. Goz-Abu-Gumar, 17th May. No. 493. 
Iris hazel ; bill black ; legs and feet black. 
[I noticed only one flock of Common Swallows. All 
Swallows were rare up the Nile. I only saw them occasionally 
in small parties. — R. M. H.] 
72. Hirundo ^thiopica. 
Hirundo cethiopica Blanf. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 176; 
N. C. Roths- & Wollast. p. 19. 
a,b. ? . Fashoda, 25th & 30th March. Nos. 178, 249. 
Iris hazel ; bill and legs black. 
[I saw several small flocks of the Ethiopian Swallow. — 
R. M. H.] 
73. Hirundo rufula. 
Hirundo rufula Temm.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 
p. 156 (1885). 
