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Show 316 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN HIRUNDINIDEE. [May 12, few very narrow black striae ; under tail-coverts glossy steel-blue under wing-coverts white. Hab. N.E. Africa (Heuglin); Casamanze (Verreaux); River Gambia (Mus. R. B. S.). 15. HIRUNDO SENEGALENSIS. Hirondelle cl ventre roux de Senegale, Buff. Pl. Enl. 310. Hirundo senegalensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 345 (1766) ; Swains. B. of W . Afr. ii. pl. 6 (1837); Jard. Contr. to Orn. 1849, p. 4 ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 339 (1850); Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1853, p. 399 ; Heugl. Orn. N.-O. Afr. p. 156 (1869) ; Mull. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 4 ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 27 (1857) ; id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 103 ; Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 69 (1869). Hirundo rufula, Gould, Birds of Eur. pl. 55 (1837, nee Temm.). Cecropis senegalensis, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1845) ; Cass. Cat. Hirund. p. 3 (1853) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 16 (1856). Hirundo melanocrissus, Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 297 (nee Riipp.). Above purplish blue ; sides of the head and back of the neck, almost forming a nuchal cellar, as well as the entire rump, deep sienna; quills dull black, slightly glossed with blue; upper tail-coverts dull pnrplish blue ; tail-feathers black, unspotted; throat and cheeks buffy white, as also are the under wing-coverts ; rest of the underparts deep chestnut; bill black ; feet very dark brown. Total length 9 inches, wing 5*7, tail 4-2. Hab. Senegal (Mus. Philad.) ; River Gambia (Mus. Brit.) ; Casamanze ( Verreaux) ; Fantee (Gordon) ; Ashantee (Mus. Brit.); N.E. Africa, up to 14° lat. (Heuglin). 16. HIRUNDO MONTEIRI. Hirundo monteiri, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 340, pl. 11; Gurney, Ibis, 1863, p. 116 ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 320; Grav, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 69 (1869); Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. ii. p.*40 (1868); id. 1869, p. 339 ; Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Ostafr. p. 139 (1870). Male. Above glossy blue-black, the head capped and united to the nape by a broad interrupted band of blue-black feathers; a narrow line of feathers from the base of the nostrils to the eye dusky black; space below this line, and the base of the beak, cheeks, and ear-coverts, whitish, tinged with grey on the latter; lower part of the back and rump deep chestnut; upper tail-coverts blue-black ; quills dusky brown, with a dark greenish-blue lustre on the upper surface; tail greenish blue above, blackish underneath, with an oblong white spot on the inner web of the exterior tail-feathers ; throat and under wing-coverts white, tinged with light rufous ; a triangular patch of feathers on the side of the head extending from the eye backwards, nearly encircling tbe head, and extending down the sides of the neck very bright rufous ; shoulders and sides of the chest dark blue-black, like the back ; breast and under tail-coverts deep rufous, with a black spot near the tip of the |
