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Show 1870.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINIDEE. 309 6. HIRUNDO EETHIOPICA. Hirundo cethiopica, Blanf. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1869, p. 329; Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 401 (1869); Blanf. Zool. Abyss, p. 347 (1870). Hirundo albigularis, Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. p. 153 (1869). Cecropis rufifrons, Vierth. Naum. 1853, p. 20; Brehm, Journ. f. Orn. 1853, p. 453, et Extrah. p. 96 ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 16 (1856) ; Vierth. Naum. 1857, p. 110 ; Brehm, Reise nach Habesch, p. 209 (1863). Hirundo rufifrons, Des Murs in Lefebvr. Voy. in Abyss. Zool. p. 78 (1845) ; Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 420, et 1863, p. 168 ; Hartm. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 152. Above purplish blue ; forehead deep chestnut; lores sooty black ; cheeks dull black, slightly glossed with purplish blue ; quills brownish black, paler on the under surface, the upper surface glossed with dark greenish steel-blue; the inner cubital feathers marked with a whitish spot on the inner web; tail blackish brown, above glossed with dark greenish steel-blue, all but the two central feathers having an oblong white spot on the inner web ; under surface pearly white, with a crescent-shaped mark of purplish blue feathers on each side of the upper part of the breast, not forming a complete band ; under tail-coverts white, some of the shafts conspicuously indicated, and a small black spot on the outer web of some of the longest; bill black ; feet dark brown. Total length 5 inches, wing 41, tail 2*5. Hab. N. E. Africa (Heuglin, Blanford). 7. HIRUNDO LEUCOSOMA. Hirundo leucosoma, Swains. Birds of W . Afr. ii. p. 74 (1837); Fras. P. Z. S. 1843, p. 51 ; Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 58 (1845); id. Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 24 (1848); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 339 (1850); Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1853, p. 398; Miill. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 4 ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 27 (1857), et Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 103 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 188 ; Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 70 (1869). Chelidon leucosoma, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 171. Hemicecrops leucosoma, Bonap. Rivist. Contemp. Torin. 1857, p. 4. Above dark glossy blue ; a white longitudinal bar on the wing, which is produced by the inner secondaries being for the most part broadly edged externally with pure white; tail graduated, dark blue above, dusky beneath, all the feathers except the two middle ones marked with white on the inner web, the exterior feathers having a large oval spot, which gradually gets smaller on the feathers as they approach the centre of the tail, till in the two next to the central feathers it is reduced to a small oval spot; entire under surface with the under wing- and tail-coverts pure white ; bill and feet black. Total length 4*8 inches, of bill from front 0*3, from gape 0*45 ; wing 4*0 ; tail 1*8 ; tarsus 0*3 ; middle toe 0*4, hind toe 0*2, lateral toe 0*2. Hab. Fantee (Sharpe) ; Accra (Fraser) ; Gaboon (Verreaux). |