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and plains, and appears to depart between March and June. It lias a powerful flight,
and whirls in a whistling stream round the highest peaks of the rocks, and sometimes,
like its allies, utters a piping, melancholy, and yet somewhat sweet-sounding note. It
is in motion all day, and we have never seen it settle on trees or rocks.”
Mr. W. T. Blanford procured a specimen at Undel Wells in April, hut states that
it was only seen by him at low or moderate elevations, and he does not recollect to have
ever noticed it on the tableland. Breluu believes that be saw this Swallow at Mensa,
in the Bogos country, in April, but Von Ileuglin suggests that Hirundo senegalensis
may have been the species actually observed. During his last expedition to Shoa, the
late Marquis Antinori procured the present species at Dcnz, Let-Marafi^, and Mahal-
TJonz. It was very common near the latter village from April to September, nesting in
June and August ou rocks.
Dr. de Bochebnme states that it is rare in Senegambia and was found at the following
places—Kita, Bakel, Fonta-Koro, Gangaran, Bakoy, and Bafing; he also says that it
inliabits Upper Senegambia, whence examples have been sent by Dr. Colin. The smaller
race, H. domicella, replaces it apparently in certain parts of Senegambia, the
localities mentioned by Dr. de Eochebrune being different for the two forms.
\ on Ileuglin states that there is a specimen of the present bird in the Stuttgardt
Museum from South Africa, but there can be little doubt that the locality is erroneously
given.
The figure in the Plate has been drawn from Mr. Blanford’s specimen in the British
Museum, from which also the description has been taken.