from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 313 



This bird was met with only in the valley of the Nile and 

 its tributaries. — L.] 



196. Melittophagus pusii.lus. 



Melittophagus pusillus (P. L. S. Miiller) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mns. xvii. p. 47, pi. i. fig. 5 (1892). 



a. S ■ Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 409.) 



b. ? . Blue Nile, „ 13 May, 1899. (No. 506.) 

 Iris red ; bill black ; legs dusky. 



197. Melittophagus sharpii. 



Melittophagus cyanostictus Sharpe (nee Cab.), Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxvii. p. 48 (1892); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 501; Lort 

 Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 418 [N. Somaliland] ; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 7Q. 



Melittophagus sharpei Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. p. xxvii 

 (1899). 



a, b. 6 2- Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. 

 (Nos. 4, 5.) 



c. Acabsiyo, Somaliland, 17 December, 1898. (No. 16.) 



d. (^ . Feyambiro, Abyssinia, 25 December, 1898. 

 (No. 33.) 



e. (J. Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 15 January, 1899. 

 (No. 198.) 



Iris red ; bill black ; legs dusky in a and b, black in c and 

 d, dark brown in e. 



198. Melittophagus lafresnavi. 



Melittophagus lafresnayii (Guerin) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 49 (1892). 



a. $. Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. (No. 173.) 

 Iris red ; bill black ; legs dark brown. 



199. Melittophagus bullocki. 



Melittophagus 6/i//oc/tz (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, 

 xvii. p. 51 (1892). 



a. S - Blue Nile, 13 May, 1899. (No. 505.) 



b. Ad. Blue Nile, 15 May, 1899. (No. 523.) 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



