Notes on Severtzoff's 'Fauna of Turkestan.' 319 



Hab. Columbia, river Saldana, a branch of the Magdalena_, 

 province of Antioquia [Muls. & Verr.) . 



This curious species was described in 1868 by MM. Mul- 

 sant and Verreaux from a specimen formerly in the possession 

 of Count Barral. The unique type was unknown to ornitholo- 

 gists generally, save from the description, as no opportunity has 

 been given to examine the bird after it passed from the hands of 

 its describers into its owner's possession. In 1871 Mr. Gould 

 published the description of a supposed new species as Helian- 

 gelus squamigularis in the ' Proceedings ' of the Zoological 

 Society of London ; and it was only after I had been so fortu- 

 nate as to obtain the type of H. bar'rali for my own collection 

 that it was ascertained to be the same as Mr. GoukVs bird. 

 His name will therefore become a synonym of Heliotrypha 

 barrali, Muls. & Verr. It is a species remarkable for the pe- 

 culiar coloration of the throat, which is a brilliant metallic 

 pale olive-green, appearing in some lights not unlike silver, 

 though lacking the pure whiteness of that metal*. 



XXX. — Notes on Severtzoff's 'Fauna of Turkestan' {Turkes- 

 tanskie Jevotnie). By H. E. Dresser. 



[Continued from p. 191.] 



241. Upupa epops, L. ; Severtzoff, p. 68. 



Horizontal range. Breeds in all four districts, commonly in 

 I., II., and III. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1, 2, and 3. 



242. CoRACiAS GARRULA, L. ; Sevcrtzoff, p. 68. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds in districts I., II., III., and IV., 



at times commonly. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1, 2, and 3. 



243. Merops apiaster, L. ; SevertzoflF, p. 68. 

 Range. Similar to that of Coracias garrula. 



244. Merops persicus. Pall. ; Severtzoff, p. 68. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds in districts III. and IV. 



[* M. Mulsant has recently placed this species in a separate genus, which 

 he calls Nvdulia (Cat. des Oiseaux-Mouches, p. 28). — Ed.] 



