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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
in Western Zululand,the low veld of the Northern Transvaal, 
and the Beira and Tete districts of Portuguese East Africa. 
In the latter locality only three or four examples were seen, 
and were probably early arrivals from the north. It breeds 
after the manner of H . cucullata, forming a hanging mud nest 
with a long funnel. It was breeding in the Jususie Valley, 
and I found nests on the roofs of most of the old gold- 
drivings, which abound on the hill-sides. I, however, only 
succeeded in obtaining a single clutch of eggs, as young 
native boys plunder the nests and take the young, which 
they consider great delicacies, placing them alive and whole 
on a fire and eating them when partially cooked. 
In general habits and cry it is a smaller replica of 
H. cucullata. 
The soft parts are:—Irides hazel; bill black ; legs and 
toes very dark brown.] 
376. Hirundo semirufa. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, Sept. 30 (1). 
Doubtless only a summer migrant to South Africa. There 
are examples in the British Museum taken by Ayres at 
Potchefstroom on Aug. 22, Sept. 23, Dec. 29, and Mch. 17. 
These are the earliest and latest dates for South Africa. 
[I have not noted the species elsewhere than in the North- 
Eastern Transvaal, where the specimen shot was seen in the 
low veld, but in October of the same year I saw three 
sitting on a wire fence on the outskirts of the town of 
Pietersburg. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes 
practically black.] 
377. Hirundo monteiri. 
P. Beira, Nov. 24, 30 (3); Tete, Aug. 27, Sept. 8 (3). 
[Monteiro’s Swallow was only found in the Beira and 
Tete districts of Portuguese East Africa, and is evidently 
migratory, as it was observed in the former district during 
the summer of 1906-7 and entirely disappeared till the 
following August, when it was noticed sparingly around 
Tete. I have usually observed the birds in threes or fours, and 
