On Birds from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 115 



Centropus senegalensis (nee L.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 

 S. Afr. p. 162. 



No. I. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 10, 1898. 



34. Halcyon orientalis Peters; Sharpe, ed. Layard^s B. 

 S. Afr. p. 116; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 117. 



No. 40. S- Mapicuti, Sept. 17, 1898. Iris brown; 

 bill and feet vermilion. 



35. Melittophagus cyaxostictus Cab. 

 Melittophagus meridionalis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii' 



p. 45, pi. i. fig. 4 (1892). 



No. 9. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 13, 1898. 

 No. 20. Mapicuti, Sept. 15, 1898. Iris red. 



36. Melitiophagus albifrons (C. & H.) ; Sliarpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 53 (1892). 



Merops buUockoides Smith; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. 

 Afr. p. 99, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1884). 



Meliltophngus bidlockoides Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 111. 



No. 10. c? ad. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 13, 1899. Iris 

 brown. 



37. Merops natalensis Reiclicnb. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mns. xvii. p. 8i (1892). 



Merops buUockoides Smith ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 99. 

 No: 25. Mapicuti, Sept. 15, 1898. Iris brown. 

 This specimen has the longest tail I have ever seen in this 

 species, the centre feathers measuring 8*2 inches in length. 



IX. On the Birds collected during an Expedition through 

 Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia to the Blue Nile. 

 By W. R. Ogilvie Grant. With Field-notes by Lord 

 Lovat. — Part I. 



(Plates 11. & III.) 

 Few African expeditions of recent years have proved more 

 interesting, or have led to more important scientific results, 

 than the adventurous journey lately undertaken by Mr. H. 

 Weld-Blundell and Lord Lovat. 



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