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Show 1870.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINIDEE. 315 13. HIRUNDO MELANOCRISSA. Cecropis melanocrissus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1845) ; Des Murs in Lefebvr. Vov. Abyss. Zool. p. 79 (1849); Miill. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 5 ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 16 (1856). Hirundo melanocrissa, Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 69 (1869). Hirundo rufula (pt.), Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 339 (1850). Above deep indigo-blue glossed with purple, the usual white lines on the upper part of the back; feathers in front of the eye black; a narrow line of feathers from the base of the bill extending backwards over the eye, sides of the neck and round the nape and forming an interrupted nuchal collar deep sienna; rump paler sienna; quills brownish black, glossed with greenish steel-blue; upper tail-coverts deep steel-blue; tail-feathers brownish black, glossed with greenish above ; cheeks and throat pale buffy white, the shafts of the feathers marked by small black lines; rest of the body buff, with faint marks ; the apical end of the under tail-coverts glossy blue-black, having the appearance of a black crissum; bill black ; feet dark brown. Total length 7 inches, of wing 4*7, tail 3*6. Hab. North-Eastern Africa. This species appears to be confined to North-Eastern Africa, where we learn from Dr. von Heuglin that it is found chiefly in pairs throughout the rainy season up to February in Central Abyssinia, both in the mountains and in the valleys. Mr. Blanford also procured it in Abyssinia. Professor Barboza du Bocage must surely be mistaken in the locality (Cape-Verde Islands) assigned by him to a specimen in the Lisbon Museum. If really from the west coast of Africa at all, it would most likely be H. domicella. The description and measurements are taken from a fine specimen procured at Undel Wells. 14. HIRUNDO DOMICELLA. Hirundo domicella, Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Ostafr. p. 143 (1870); Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. p. 159 (1869). Hirundo melanocrissa, Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 27 (1857); Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 168 (var.) ; Antin. Cat. Coll. Ucc. p. 25 (1865), nee Riipp. Head, back, and scapulars deep indigo ; feathers in front of the eye black ; a thin narrow line of bright rufous extending over this line to the eye; ear-coverts and sides of the neck rich rufous, extending round the neck and forming a narrow collar ; the feathers on the upper back loose, so that a few of the margins show, giving a striped appearance ; wing-coverts dull steel-blue ; quills brownish, slightly glossed with dull steel-blue, paler on the under surface and on the inner edge of the secondaries; lower part of the back and rump uniform rich sienna; upper tail-coverts glossy steel-blue; tail forked, black above, paler beneath, glossed on the upper surface with greenish steel-blue; under surface of the body white, fulvous on the breast and abdomen, and marked on the breast with a |