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white forehead and throat under the jaw, with forked tail. Black Swallow, smaller.”
The first of these species was P. albiceps, Sclater, but the second 1ms never heon
identified ; it may have been only the young of P. albiceps. or, again, it may have been
P. orientalis. Colonel Grant says that they were both seen together ahout scarped
rocks, which certainly favours the first proposition.
Tho descriptions, as well as the figures on the Plate, have been taken from the pair
of birds procured by Mr. Jackson on Mount Elgon.
Tlie specimen from Maurui, recorded by Dr. Fischer as Atticora liolomeliena, was
proliably ot the present species. Me have, unfortunately, not been able to trace tho
bird in question, as Dr. Reichenow informs us that it is not in Berlin. He thought
that it might be in the Hamburg Museum, but Dr. Kraeppeliii tells us that it is not"in
that collection.
For tlie geographical distribution of this species, vide suprà, Plate 113 [Map],