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Show 1881.] BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 565 18. HlRUNDO RUSTICA. Hirundo ruistca (Linn.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 134 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 305 ; Sharpe & Dresser, torn. cit. p. 244 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, p. 180 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 222 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 292, 293 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 344. Cecropis rustica, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 208. Lamo ; Pangani river; Ugogo. It ranges throughout Africa as a migrant, following the summer season. 19. HIRUNDO MONTEIRI. Hirundo monteiri, Hartl., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 139 ; Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1870, p. 316; 1873, p. 713; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 222 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 257; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 280; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 279 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 344. Pangani; Usambara hills. It ranges in East Africa from Mombas to the Zambesi, and on the west coast from Damaraland to the Congo. 20. HIRUNDO PUELLA, Temm. Hirundo puella, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 140 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 319 ; 1873, p. 713 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 222 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 257 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 280 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 302; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 344. Malinda ; Usambara hills ; Dar-es-Salaam. This is a migratory species, common, according to Dr. Cabanis {1. c), about Mombas from April to December, and breeding there. It ranges throughout East Africa from Abyssinia to Natal, where I have received several specimens from the neighbourhood of Durban. On the west coast it has been collected on the Cunene river in Benguela, and extends northward to Fantee, where I found it very abundant in February and March. 21. EURYSTOMUS AFER. Eurystomus afer (Lath.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 150; Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 274; id. P.Z.S. 1873, p. 712; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 354 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 234 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 255 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 287 ; id. J. f O. 1879, p. 291 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 243 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 124.' Usambara mountains; Dar-es-Salaam. This species ranges throughout the whole of East Africa, from Kordofan to the Zambesi, and on the west coast from Senegal to Angola. I have examined a specimen collected by Mr. Oates, probably from the Matabili country; but the exact locality was not recorded upon the label. |