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Show 1870.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINIDEE. 305 b. capite toto caaruleo. c'. subtus alba*. e". secundariis externe albis 7. leucosoma. f". secundariis externe caeruleis, primariis concoloribus 8. dimidiata. cl'. subtus ca3rulea 9. atroccerulea. c. capite toto pallide rufo 10. filifera. B. dorso postico et uropygio fuscis, capite fusco 11. griseopyga. C. dorso postico rufo, uropygio albescente 12. rufula. D. dorso postico et uropygio rufis, concoloribus. a. capite creruleo. a', subtus albicantes. a", major: striis pectoralibus obsoletis 13. melanocrissa. b". minor: striis pectoralibus distinctis 14. domicella. b'. subtus rufa;. c". maj ores: gula albicante. a'", maculis caudalibus nullis 15. senegalensis. b'". maculis caudalibus albis 16. monteiri. d". minores: gula rufa. c'". coloribus intensioribus: torque nuchali rufo interrupto 17. semirufa. d"'. minor: torque nuchali nullo 18. gordoni. b. capite rufo. a', major: subtus tenuiter striolata 19. cucullata. b'. minor: subtus late striolata 20. puella. 1. HIRUNDO RUSTICA. Hirundo rustica, Linn.; Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1846, p. 86 ; Strickl. and Sclater, Contr. to Orn. 1852, p. 144 ; Miill. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 4 ; Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 35 (1858) ; Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 103; Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. i. p. 151 (1869); Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Ost-Afr. p. 134 (1870). Hirundo cahirica, Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1859, p. 32. Hab. North-Eastern Africa (Heuglin); Gold Coast (Pel); Old Calabar (Jardine); Gaboon (Verreaux); Camma River (Du Chaillu); Damara Land (Andersson) ; Cape Colony (Layard, Surtees) ; Natal (Ayres). The few references given above are some not included in the otherwise very complete list of synonyms given by Dr. von Heuglin in his work on the Birds of North-Eastern Africa. To the account given by myself and Mr. Dresser (anted, p. 244) I cannot add any thing. I think, however, that there cannot be the slightest doubt that the bird supposed to be Hirundo cahirica by ornithologists, from Western Africa, is only H. rustica shot in full spring plumage on its way northwards. 2. HIRUNDO RIOCOURI. Hirundo riocouri, Sav. Descr. de l'Egypte, p. 270, pl. 4. fig. 4 (1813, descr. orig.); id. Descr. 2de ed. p. 339 (c. 1820); Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 46 (1850) ; Sharpe and Dresser, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 247. Cecropis riocouri, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971; Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1845) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 16 (1856). Hirundo savignii, Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 90 (1817). Hirundo cahirica, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 58 (1823) ; Gray, Gen. |
