ADDENDA. 



The following additions and corrections have become necessary 

 during the progress of the present volume through the press. 



^j^ ._ Page 20. Coracias lorti. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Somali-land. E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



[C.]. (Types of 

 the species.) 



^^^ . Page 24. Coracias nsevius. 



n, 0. Ad. sk. Somali-laud. E. Lort Phillip.?, Esq. 



[C.]. 



Page 44. MELITTOPHAGUS. 

 Alter the Key to the Species as follows : — 



a. Outer aspect of quills fawn-colour or chestnut, etc. 

 a . Band on lower throat black, etc. 



h' . Baud on lower throat rich ultramarine-blue, etc. 



b. Outer aspect of quills green, internally fawn- 



coloured ; tail green, with a broad black band 



before a white tip ; the inner webs fawn-coloured 



towards the base ; a blue-black band on the 



lower throat oreohates, p. 498. 



e. Outer aspect of quills chestnut, etc gularis, p. 50. 



d. Outer aspect of quills green, etc. 



^(]j . Page 48. Melittophagus cyanostictus. 



r, s. Ad. sk. Somali-land. E. Lort Phillips, E.sq. 



[C.]. 



Page 51. Add: — 

 a. Melittophagus oreohates. 



Mehttophagus oreobates, Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 320. 



Adult male. General colour above grass-green, slightly washed 

 with blue ; wing-coverts like the back ; primaries green, dusky 

 towards the ends, and fawn-colour along the inner web ; second- 

 aries fawn-colour for the most part, externally green, with a broad 

 baird of black before the tip, which is ashy whitish ; inner second- 

 aries bluish green like the back ; centre tail-feathers bluish green, the 

 remainder fawn-colour on their inner web, green externally, with 

 a broad black band before the tips, which are ashy whitish ; crown 



