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is I'l-equeiitly to be found basking in the open roads and rolling itself in the dust, or, as
the natives express it, ‘ washing itself.’ ”
The late Mr. L. Fraser obtained this Swallow at Abomey, and MM. Verrcaux
received specimens from Gaboon, where Mr. DuChaillu met with it on the Ogowb lliver.
Dr. Lucan procured one specimen on the Congo ; aud in tho Lisbon Museum there is a
single example from Angola, collected by Dr. Welwitsch. Prof. Barhoza du Bocage
thinks that although no ticket is attached to tho specimen, there can ho no doubt of its
authenticity, and that it was doubtless obtained to tho north of the Quanza.
The description is copied from the British-Museum ‘ Catalogue of Birds,’ and is taken
from a specimen in the national collection.