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by Mr. Claude Grant, in South Africa. 
372. Hjrundo smithi. 
F. Tete, Aug. 25, Sept. 1, 16 (4). 
[I first saw this Swallow near Beira in January, 1907, 
when I noted a single individual sitting on the telegraph-wire 
among numbers of H. rustica. On another occasion I saw a 
pair in that locality, but no more were observed until I reached 
Tete in August, where the birds could be seen hawking up 
and down the river near my camp on the Mazoe, congregating 
in flocks towards evening and roosting in the reeds. These 
flocks consisted wholly of young birds, and I only saw one 
pair of adults, the male of which I shot. I presumed that 
the young birds were on migration, but whether going north 
or south I could not, of course, ascertain. The flight and 
twitter of this Swallow are similar to those of H. rustica. 
The soft parts of the adult are:—Irides dark hazel; bill, 
legs and toes black. In the young the gape is yellowish.] 
373. Hirundo griseopyga. 
%. Umfoiosi Station, July (3) ; Umzinele River, Aug. 15 
(2 juv. taken from nest). 
The nestlings are fully feathered, they have the crown 
rather darker and more uniform than in the adult; the rump 
is slightly tinged with rufous, as also are the under parts. 
[I have observed this Swallow only in South-East Zulu- 
land, where it was by no means uncommon. Its flight and 
appearance much resemble those of Chelidon urbica, for which 
it might easily be mistaken. It usually hawks close to the 
ground and in more or less sheltered situations, and it has a 
regular Swallow twitter. I believe I can now record some¬ 
thing of its nesting-habits for the first time. It apparently 
breeds early, as a fully-fledged young specimen was shot in 
July, and two others nearly ready to fly were taken from the 
nest in August. 
It was long before I could find out where this bird bred, 
and nothing could be learnt from the natives ; but one day 
in August 1904, having halted the waggon on the flats just 
above the Umzinele River in Zululand, when proceeding 
towards False Bay in search of wild hogs, my attention was 
