26 IBBISOBID^. 



2. RMnopomastus minor. 



Promerops minor, RUpp. Syd. Uebers. p. 28 (1845). 



Epimaclius minor, Rilpp. t. c. pi. 8 (1845). 



Irrisor minor, Grm/, Gen. B. i. p. 90 (1847) ; Speke, Ibis, 1860, p. 224 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 104, no. 1269 (1869) ; Heiigl. Orn. N.O.- 



Afr. i. p. 218 (1869) ; Fiiisch ^ Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 206 (1870) 



Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 397. 

 Rhinopomastes minor, i?;j. Consp. i. p. 114 (1850) ; Reichenb. Handb 



Scansores, p. 326, Taf. dc. fig 4050 (1853) ; Cab. ^ Hei>2e, Mm. 



Hein. Th. ii. p. 129, note (1860) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov 



(2) vi. p. 220 (1888). 



Similar to B. cyanomelas, but smaller, the bill yellow and the 

 primary-coverts wholly steel-blue. Total length about 9 inches, 

 wing 3'7, tail 3-7, bill 1-35, tarsus 0-7. 



Hab. N.E. Africa, from Shoa to Somali-land. 



a. Ad. sk. Shoa. Dr. Rappell [C.]. 



3. Ehinopomastus cabanisi. 



Irrisor cahanisi, De Fili.]}pi, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1853, p. 289 (Upper 

 White Nile) ; Hartl. Orn. IV.-Afr. p. 270 (1857) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 5. i. p. 104, no. 1270 (1869); Heiigl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 219 

 (1869, Upper White Nile ); Finsch ^ Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 207, 

 note (1870) ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 107 (1882, 

 Lado); Fischer, Zcitschr. ges. Orn. p. 360 (1884, Mossiro) ; Beichen. 

 J.f. O. 1887, p. 61 (Salaiida). 



Promerops icterorhynchus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 20 (1856). 



Rhinopomastes cahanisi, Reichenb. Handb. Scatisores, p. 326 (1853) ; 

 Cah. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 129, note (I860) ; Shelley, 

 P. Z. S. 1882, p. 306 (Mamboio) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 127 

 (Mossiro). 



Irrisor cyanomelas (nee V.), Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 105 (Kazeh). 



Irrisor minor (nee Riipj).), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 358. 



Adult male. Glossy steel-blue, more purple on the back, scapulars, 

 head, and hind neck, blacker on the breast and abdomen ; wings and 

 tail spotless ; bill yellow ; tarsi and toes black. Total length about 

 9 inches, wing 3-8, tail 4-4, bill 1-5, tarsus 0-8. 



Young. Duller than the adult, the under surface browner : " bill 

 yellowish horn -colour ; feet black ; iris dusky brown " (Emin Pasha). 



Hub. From the Upper White Nile region to the Zanzibar district 

 of Eastern Africa. 



a Ad.sk. Taveta, E. Africa. H.G.V. Hunter, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Mamboio {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



c. 2 j'lv. sk. Lado, Jan. 29 (Fmin Pasha). Shelley Coll. 



