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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
a. Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 
(No. 189.) 
b. A- Telagubaie, Abyssinia, 17 February, 1899. 
(No. 328.) 
c. $. Arriro, 18 February, 1899. (No. 311.) 
Iris brown ; eyelid blue; bill and legs slate. 
a . A partially adult male in the brown plumage, with the 
wing-coverts and edges of the inner quills white. 
b. A more advanced male, with the long middle pair of 
tail-feathers developed. 
c. A young bird still in the brown plumage. 
157. Chelidon urbica. 
Chelidon urbica (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 
p. 87 (1885). 
a. $. Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 408.) 
Iris brown ; bill black. 
[Common.—L.] 
158. Cotile rufigula. 
Cotile rufigula Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 107 
(1885) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 122 (1884), & 
xxvi. p. 233 (1888). 
a. Waha Zinzero, Abyssinia, 5 February, 1899. (No. 291.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs dark. 
[Very common and widely distributed.—L.] 
159. UlRUNDO RUSTICA. 
Hirundo rustica Linn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 128 
(1885) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 230 (1888). 
a. ? . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 
1898. (No. 49.) 
b. $ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 
(No. 69.) 
c. A- Lekamte, Abyssinia, 16 March, 1899. (No. 433.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
[The effect of the bright sun no doubt makes these birds 
look darker in plumage than they appear in England. In 
December the young Swallows still carried the tail-feathers 
of the first plumage. The male bird shot at Lekamte, no 
