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PSALIDOPROCNE ANTINORII,
ANTINORI’S ROUGH.WINGED SWALLOW.
Psitlidoprocne antinorii, Salvad. Ann. AIus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 123 (188-1);
Sbarpe, Cat. Birds in Brit. AIus. x. p. 205 (1885).
P . p ileo dorso concolore : su b a la rib u s albis.
Hab. in A fric a s e p te n trio n a li-o ric n ta li u sq u e ad pro v iiic iam Z ambe sianiam.
A d u lt. G en e ra l c o lo u r above so o ty b row u w ith a g re en ish g lo s s ; w ing-cove rts lik e th e b a c k ; quills and
t a il- f e a th e r s b rown, e x te rn a lly glossed w ith g r e e n is h ; crown o f he ad, sides o f fa c e , a n d u n d e r
su rfa c e o f b ody so o ty b rown, e x c e p tin g tb e u n d e r wiu g -co v c rts a n d axillaries, w h ich a r e p u re
w h i t e ; q uills a shy b e low : “ b ill b la ck, fe e t d u sk y , iris d u sk y ” {A n tin o r i). T o ta l le n g th 5 inches,
c u lm en 0 '2 5 , w in g 3-9, ta il 2 T , ta r s u s 0*35.
T h e ty p ic a l specimen from S h o a m e a su red as follows :— T o ta l le n g th 5 '5 in ch e s , c u lm en 0 '2 5 ,
win g 4-15, ta il 2 95, ta r s u s 0-35.
Hab. E a s te rn Africa, from S h o a to th e Zambe si.
A n t in o r i ’s Swallow is closely allied to P. p e titi and P . fuliginosa, b u t is easily distinguishable
by its white under wing-coverts and axillaries. In this respect i t resembles
P. pristoptera, but is sooty brown instead of blue.
It was discovered in Shoa by the late Alarquis Antinori, at a place called Dcnz, on
the 27th of Alay, 1880; and in a small parcel of birds presented to the British Museum
by Sir John Kirk in 1884 (a remnant of his collections made during the Livingstone
Expedition on the Zambesi and Shire rivers) there was a damaged skin of this SwaUow.
It is probable, therefore, that it inhabits the whole of the interior of Eastern Africa
from Shoa to the northern shores of the Zambesi.
The description is taken from Sir John lurk’s specimen, and the figure has been
drawn by Air. Wyatt from the type specimen, which was sent to England by our friend
Count Salvador!.