1. UPUPA. 13 



c', d! . S ad. ; e', Futtehgurh district, Jan., Feb. Hume Coll. 



f . 5 ad. sk. {A. Anderson), 



ff'-i'. cJ ad. sk. Futtehgurh, Aug., Sept. i^A. Hume Coll. 



Anderson), 

 j'-l'. Ad. sk. Oiulli Terai. Pinwill CoU. 



m'. Ad. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



(Type of U. indica, Hodgs.) 

 n'. Ad. sk. Darjiling. A. Bygrave Wharton, 



Esq. [P.]. 



3. Upupa marginata. 



Upupa marginata, Bjy. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 12 (1854, e.v Peters' MSS. 

 in Mus. Berol. ut descr. nulla !) ; Cab. ^ Hein. Mus. Hein. Th. ii. 

 p. 127 (18U0) ; Hartl. Faun. Madmj. p. 32 (1861) ; Schl. P. Z. S. 

 1866, p. 421 ; Grandid. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1857, p. 355 ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 103, no. 1256 (1869) ; Finsch Sf Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 199, note (1870) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 84 (1877) ; Bartl 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 771 ; Milne-Ediu. S) Grand. Hist. Nat. Madag., 

 Ois. p. 270, pis. 93-95 (1879). 



Adult. Similar to that of U. ejiops and with the primaries and 

 secondaries similarly banded, but the transverse band of the tail is 

 narrower and crosses the central feathers a little nearer the base ; 

 the first primary is wide and long and reaches to the distal edge of the 

 white band of the second primary, instead of being'narrow and short 

 as in U. epops, and seldom reaching to the proximal edge of the band 

 of the second primary. Total length about 12 inches, wing 5-8 

 tail 4-4, bill 2-0, tarsus 0-9. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Betsileo. Kev. J. Shaw [C.]. 



4. Upupa somalensis. (Plate I.) 

 Upupa epops senegalensis {nee Sic), Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 397. 



Adult mcde. Similar to that of U. epops, and with the primaries 

 and tail similarly banded with white ; the upper back, neck, head, 

 and under surface are deeper rufous almost as in U. afrkana, and 

 the secondaries are marked as in that species, the basal two-thirds 

 being white and the aincal third black crossed by a white transverse 

 band. Total length about 10-5 inches, wing 5-4, tail 3-7, bill 2-2, 

 tarsus 0'8. 



There can be little doubt that the bird here described belongs 

 to a species distinct from U. epops and U. africana, having the 

 primaries banded as in the former bird and the secondaries like those 

 of the latter as well as its rich colour. 



Hah. Somali-Land. 



a. Ad. sk. Somali {E. Lort-PhilUps). Shelley Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



