20 IRKISORID.E. 



Irrisor erythrorhyncbus, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 57 (Abomey) ; 

 Scl. t. c. p. 124 (Danakil) ; Brehm, Reis. Habesch, pp. 211, 279 

 (1863); Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 32 (1864) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. p. 214 (1869) ; Blanf. Geol. 8f Zool. Abyss, p. 332 (1870) ; 

 Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 226 (1870) ; Antin. Sr Salvad. Viagg. 

 Boqos, p. 60(1873); Hartl. Abhandl.nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 107 

 (1881); Feh. Verh.z.-h. Ges. Wien, xxxi. p. 608 (1881) ; Sharpe, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. p. 427 (1884) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 106 (1884), vi. p. 220 (1888). 



Rhinopomastes cvanomelas (nee Vieill. !), Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. 

 Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 727 (1856-58); Heugl. J.f. O. 1867, p. 201 

 (ex Wiirt. MSS. !!). 



Irrisor blythii, Heugl. J.f. O. 1867, p. 202. 



Similar to /. viridis, but differing in its steel-green tail, which 

 shows scarcely any violet or purple reflections. 



There can be no doubt, I think, that Latham's title applies to 

 the northern form of this Irrisor, of which /. senegcdensis, Sw., 

 is a synonym. Of the latter, I have examined the type kindly lent 

 me by the authorities of the Cambridge University Museum. 



Hah. "West Africa, from the Gambia to the Niger. N.E. Africa, 

 from Bogos-Land to Shoa, extending into the Niam-Niam country. 



a. Ad. etjuv.sk. Bathurst,Eiver Gambia (Qm/m). Sharpe Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Bathurst, River Gambia. Shelley Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Bissao. Sharpe Coll. 



d. e. Juv.sk. HiYer Gambia. (Sir A. Moloney). Shelley Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Abomey. L. Fraser [C.]. 



^. Ad. sk. Om-Badr, Darfur. B. Solymos,Esq. [P.]. 



A, 2. Ad. et juv. Maragaz, Bogos-Land, July 29 Tweeddale Coll. 



( W. Jesse). 



j. (S juv. sk. Kokai, July 12 ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



k, I. c? ad. et juv. ; Anseba Valley, July 30. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



m. 2 ad. sk. [C.]. 



n. 2 ad. sk. Ailat, Bogos. W. T, Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



o. Juv. sk. Ailat, Bogos (Esler). Sharpe Coll. 



p. Imm. sk. Senaf(5, Tigr(5, Feb. 24. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



q, r. Ad. ; s, f, Shoa (Sir W. C. Hams). India Museum. 



M. Imm. sk. 



V. Ad. sk. N.E. Africa (Mus. Vindob.). Sharpe Coll. 



w. 2 ad. sk. Kutschugali, Niam-Niam, F. Bohndorff [C.]. 



Sept. 



3. Irrisor boUii. (Plate II.) 



Irrisor bollei, Hartl. J.f. O. 1858, p. 445; id. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 108; 

 S/iarpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 414 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 10 (1871) ; id. Ibis, 

 1872, p 67 ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1875, p. 20. 



Adult male. Upper surface from the nape to the middle of the 

 back glossy green; lower back, upper tail-coverts, and basal two- thirds 

 of the central rectrices and the rest of the tail on the outer webs 

 towards the base dark reddish purple; terminal third of the central 



