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P S A L I D O P R O C N E C H i E N T A L I S
PSALIDOPROCNE ORIENTALIS, ikkhenow.
BASTEEN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW.
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? Atticora holomelana, Eisclier, J. £. 0 . 1889, p. 277.
Psalidoprocne petiti orientalis, Eeiclion. J. f, O. 1889, p. 277.
Psalidoprocne p etiti (nec Sli. & B.), Sholloy, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 359.
P s a l id o p r o c n e o r i e n t a l i s , p . 300; Eeichen. Jahrb. Hamh. Wise.
Anst. X. p. 16 (1893).
p. simffis P. petiti et subalaribus fumosis, sed nitore viridosceute nec cliooolatiuo distinguenda.
ffai. in Africa orieutali.'
Adult male. General ooiour above aud below dull black with a steel-green gloss; median and greater
winv-ooverts, qnills, and tail-feathers black, externally glossed with steel-green; under wmg-
Lcrts smo(y brown; «bill black; ’eet brown; iris brown” (F. X duel,on,. Total length
G-5 inches, culmen 0'25, wing 4'5, tail 1-9, longest feathers 3'8, tarsus 0'3o.
Adu/t female. Similar to the male, but without any serrations on the outer web of the first primary.
Total length 6 inches, wing -IT, tail I'oo, longest feathers 4-1.
De E e i c h e k o w originally dosoribeti the present species from Lewa, in the Usamhara
Hills wiiere it was discovered hy Dr. Stuhlmann on the 25tli of September. A young
bird was subsequently procured by Mr. Hunter, in Taveta, and was idcutilied by
Captain Shelley as Psalidoprocne petiti, to which species the browner shade ot the
immature plumage of P. orientalis hoars some resemblance. Specimens were procured
by Mr E J. Jackson in the Sotik Country at the end of August 1889, and again ou
Mount Elgon, at a height of from 7000 to 8000 feet, in Eebruary 1890. Mr. Jackson
has the following note Found a colony of these birds breeding inside a large cave.
Tlie nest was made entirely ot Orchella-ncei, placed inside small recesses m the sides of
tho cave. The eggs were two, pure white.”
In our paper on Mr. Jackson’s Bast-Atrican oolleotioii, we stated our opinion that
the present species was quite distinct from P. petiti, and was fully entitled to specific
rank. In this opinion we are glad to see that Dr. Reichenow now concurs.
Tlic late Colonel Grant in his journal had the following note, which he communicated
to us in 1870 “ Usui, Central Africa, October 10, 1801. Black Swallow with
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