j r
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H. m a jo r : u ro pygio rufo : pileo dorso concolore : s u b tù s fe re uuico lo r, iniuimò s tr ia ta : g u là a lb ic an te :
re c tric ib u s albo n o ta tis .
Hab. in Afric a o rie n ta li (a prov. Z a n z ib a ric a u sq u e acl fl. Z am bc siauum ), iu A fric à oc c id en ta li in prov.
Congelisi usq u e a d te r r am D am a rcn s em scp ten trio n a lcm .
Male. Above glossy bluc -b la ck , th e h e a il capped a u d u n ite d to th e u ap e by a b ro a d iu tc rn ip tc d b a u d o f
blue -b la ck fe a th e rs ; a n a rrow lin e o f f e a th e rs from th e base o f th e n o s trils to th e eye d u sk y ; th e
sides o f th e u c ck ve ry b r ig h t ru fo u s ; sh o u ld e rs a n d sides o f th e c h e s t d a rk b luc -hla ck lik e th e
ba ck ; b re a s t a n d u n d e r ta il-c o v e rts de ep ru fo u s , w ith a b la ck spot n e a r th e tip o f th e lo n g e s t
fe a th e rs o f th e la t t e r ; th ig h s w h ite ; bill and f e e t b la ck ; iris b row n : “ inside o f m o u th yellow
[Ftscher). T o ta l len g th 8-5 iu ch e s, cu lm en 0 '4 5 , w in g 5 7 5 , ta il 4 7 5 , ta rsu s 0-G5.
U u n g . Above blue -b la ck , b u t n o t so r ic h o r so g lossy as in th e a d u lt ; quills a n d ta il d u sk y b rown,
w ith sc arcely any p e rc ep tib le gloss o n th e u p p e r su rfa c e ; lowe r p a r t o f th e ha ck pa le ru fo u s •
th ro a t, checks, a n d u n d e r w iug-cove rts p u r e w h ite ; sides o f th e nock and b re a s t ru fo u s , b u t n o t
so rich as in th e a d u l t ; u u d e r ta il-co v e rts ru fo u s , th e b a sa l h a lf o f tlie lo n g e r f e a th e rs
black.
Dr. Rcicheuow, w ritin g a b o u t spe c im ens o f th is Swallow from th e L o uugo Coa st, a n d D r. C ab an is , in
his a c co u n t o f th e la te D r. I lild e b r a n d t’s co lle c tio u , b o th re fe r to th e v a ria ln lity o f th e am o u n t o f
white m a rk in g on th e ta il-fe a th e rs , a n d th e y a re in c lin ed to re g a rd / / . monlciri as n o th in g more
th a n a ra c e o f H . senegalensis. D r. Ilc ich en ow r em a rk s :— “ T h e white sp o t on th e ta il-fe a th c ra ,
which D r . U a r tla u b co n sid e red to be c lia ra e te ris tic o f th e species, is sometimes s tro n g ly , some tinie J
Iccbly developed. O n e spe c imen, moreove r, in sp ite o f i ts w hite ta il-sp o t, shows a red d ish -b row n