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HIEIfNDINIDJ!. 



Ptyonoprogne obsoleta, Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. 



p. 183, footnote (1890) ; Terhury, Ibis, 1896, p. 22 ; Sharps, Hand-l. 



iii. p. 190 (1901). 

 Biblis obsoleta, Sharpe ^ Wyatt, op. cit. p. 129. 



Five eggs of the Pale Rock-Martin have an average measurement 

 of -68 by -48, 



2. Jask, Persian Gulf, 15th March Hume Ooll. 



(J?. A. Butler). 



3. Aden, Jan. Col. J. W. Yerbury [P.]. 



Ptyonoprogne fuligula (Licht.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



Cotyle fuligula, Sharpe, ed. Zayard's Birds S. Africa, p. 360 (1875-84) ; 



Butler, FeiUen §• Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 250. 

 Cotile fuligula, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 106 (1885) ; id. f Wyatt, 



Mon. Hirundinidce, i. p. 115 (1885-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 85 (1899). 

 Biblis fuligula, Sharpe % Wyatt, op. cit. p. 130. 

 Ptyonoprogne fuligula, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 190 (1901) ; StarhSf Sclater, 



Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 286 (1901). 



The eggs of the Eufous-throated Eock-Martin measure from -8 to 

 •89 in length, and from -SS to "6 in breadth. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Cape Colony {T. Atmore: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 

 1. Cape of Good Hope {F. L, Layard: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Newcastle, Natal. Capt. Savile G. Keid [P.]. 



Ptyonoprogne concolor (SyJces). 



Cotile concolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 108 (1885) ; id. Sf Wyatt, 



Mon. Hirundinidce, i. p. 123 (1885-94) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 



Hist. Soc. iv. p. 3 (1889). 

 Ptyonoprog-ne concolor, Barnes, op. cit. pi. — . fig. 90 ; Oates ed. Hume, 



Nests ^ Fggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 181 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 191 



(1901). 

 Biblis concolor, Sharpe 8f Wyatt, op. cit. p. 131. 



The eggs of the Dusky Eock-Martin measure from "67 to "74 in 

 length, and from '5 to "56 in breadth. 



