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Account of the species — Continued. 



Superorder Neognathae — Continued. 

 Order Coliiformes — Continued. 



Family Coliidae — Continued. Page 



Colius striatus erlangeri 327 



Colius striatus hilgerti 329 



Colius leucocephalus turneri 329 



Colius macrourus macrourus 331 



Colius macrourus pulcher 335 



Order Trogoniformes 337 



Family Trogonidae 337 



Apaloderma narina narina 337 



Order Coraciif ormes 340 



Family Alcedinidae 340 



Ceryle rudis rudis 340 



Megaceryle maxima maxima 341 



Ispidina picta picta 344 



Halcyon albiventris orien talis 345 



Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala 347 



Halcyon chelicuti chelicuti 351 



Family Meropidae 356 



Merops nubicus nubicus , 356 



Aerops albicoUis maior 358 



Melittophagus pusillus sharpei 362 



Melittophagus pusillus cyanostictus 365 



Melittophagus laf resnayii lafresnayii 366 



Melittophagus revoilii 368 



Family Coraciidae 371 



Coracias abyssinicus 371 



Coracias caudatus lorti 373 



Coracias caudatus caudatus 376 



Coracias naevius naevius 377 



Eurystomus afer aethiopicus 379 



Eurystomus afer praedi 381 



Family Upupidae 382 



Upupa epops epops 382 



i Upupa epops somaliensis 384 



Upupa africana 386 



Family Phoeniculidae 387 



Phoeniculus purpureus marwitzi 387 



Phoeniculus purpureus niloticus 390 



Phoeniculus granti 391 



Phoeniculus somaliensis neglectus 394 



Phoeniculus boUei jacksoni 397 



Scoptelus aterrimus notatus 399 



Rhinopomastus cyanomelas schalowi 400 



Rhinopomastus minor minor 402 



Rhinopomastus minor cabanisi 405 



Family Bucerotidae. 406 



Bycanistes cristatus cristatus 406 



Lophoceros nasutus nasutus 407 



Lophoceros erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus 412 



Lophoceros flavirostris flavirostris 417 



Lophoceros deck eni 420 



