Hemprich and Ehrenberg's Types. 337 



Gray, Hand-list, no. 4839. Two specimens, Nos. 8 and 37, 

 both from Arabia, are young males. 



CoRACiAS HABESsiNiCA, Ehr. fol. z,=-Coracias abyssinica, 

 Bodd., Gray, Hand-list, no. 905. Two specimens, Nos. 4 

 and 15, are from Abyssinia; and one, No. 19, is from Egypt. 

 Young examples from South Africa in the Berlin Museum 

 are labelled Coradas loquax, Licht. 



CoRvus scAPULARis, var. ^THiops, Ehr. fol. z, appears to 

 be merely a brown-headed variety of Corvus scapulatus, Daud., 

 Gray, Hand-list, no. 6224. This variety is also C ph(BOce- 

 phalus, Cab., Gray, Hand-list, no. 6226. There are three 

 specimens collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg, all from 

 Abyssinia. Two of these measure as follows : — 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



Picus STRIDENS, Ehr. fol. z,= Garrulus atricapillus, Geoff. 

 St.-Hil.; and the type agrees closely with the plate of this 

 species in Dresser's 'Birds of Europe,^ part xx. (August 

 1873). 



Pyrrhocorax alpinus, var. digitata, Ehr. fol. z. One 

 specimen from Bischerra measures culmen 1-4 inch, wing ll'O, 

 tail 7*0, tarsus 1-85, and otherwise agrees closely with the 

 ordinary form of P. alpinus. 



Oriolus galbula, var. virescens, Ehr. fol. z. One male 

 and two females from Arabia do not differ from the ordinary 

 form of Oriolus galbula. 



BucEROs roRSKALii, Ehr. fol. z, is scarcely distinguishable 

 from B. nasutus, but appears to be larger, and has a longer 

 wing. There are three specimens in the collection, which 

 measure as follows : — 



Ciilmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



No. 15620 (type). Arabia .... 5-0 



18. Abyssinia 5-0 



19. do 4-75 



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