AVES. 349 



description by Lichtenstein this is noticed, " fascia pec- 

 torali obsolete ferruginea." In the male the head is bright 

 chestnut above ; in the female, doubtless a young bird, 

 dark brown. Measurements : — 



Middle tail Outer tail 

 Wing- feathers, feathers. 



in. in. in. 



Male 4-6 1-3 4-6 



Female 4-3 1-35 IS 



102. Psalidoprocne pristoptera (Eupp,). 



Sirundo pristopt&ra, Riipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 105, t. xxxix. f. 2. 

 Chelidon pristoptera, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 81. 

 Atticora pristoptera, Brehm, Habesch, No. 23. 

 Psalidoprocne pristoptera, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 109. — HeugL 

 Om. N. 0. Afr. No. 148. 



I shot but a single specimen of this curious little bird. 

 I saw it occasionally both on the highlands and in the 

 Anseba valley. In habits and flight it differs in no 

 important respect from other Swallows, so far as I 

 observed. 



103. Chelidon urbica (Linn.). 



Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 80.— HeugL Om. N. 0. Afr. No. 129. 



A single specimen obtained at Komayli in February. 

 It was hunting over jungle in company with Sirundo 

 rustica and H. melanocrissus. 



104. Cotyle cincta (Bodd.). 



Mirundo cincta, Bodd. — HeugL Om. N. 0. Afr. No. 125. 

 S. torquata, GmeMn. — Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 76. 



I twice found this Martin abundantly, first on the 

 shores of Lake Ashangi in April, and again about a 

 fortnight later on the banks of a stream near Antalo. 



