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There is a carbolized example of this species in the col¬ 
lection ; the exact locality where it was obtained is not 
stated, but it was probably Shoa. 
a. ? Shoa, Abyssinia. 
167. PSALIDOPROCNE BLANFORDI. 
Psalidoprocne blanfordi Weld-Blutidell & Lovat, Bull. 
B. O. C. vol. x. p. xx. (1899). 
a. $ . Bilo, Abyssinia, 11 March, 1899. (No. 400.) 
[ Type of the species .] 
This species is most nearly allied to P. pristoptera (Rupp.), 
but has the whole plumage of the upper parts black, glossed 
with dark green . The underparts are darker than the back, 
and have less green gloss. Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
Total length about 6 inches, exposed part of culmen 02, 
wing 4'3, tail 3T, tarsus 0*45. 
[This rough-winged Swallow is common from the valleys 
west of Addis Abbeba to the Blue Nile. It flies close to the 
bushes, and swerves at lightning speed through the narrow 
openings of the scrub.—L.] 
[To be continued,] 
X -—Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. 
Nos. LXV. & LXVI. 
No. LXV. (October 31st, 1899). 
The sixty-fourth Meeting of the Club was held. at the 
Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 
18th of October, 1899. Chairman : P. Crowley. Thirty 
Members and one guest were present. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschilu sent for exhibition a pair 
of Eclectus westermanni Bp., and made the following 
remarks:— 
“ Dr. A, B. Meyer and Dr. Bowdler Sharpe have both 
expressed their opinion that E. ivestermanni is an aberration 
of E. riedeli Meyer, produced by being kept in captivity; 
