from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 673 



d. J . Alaga, S. Abyssinia, 24tli Feb. No. 564. 



Iris red ; bill aud legs black. 



[Lafresnaye's Bee-eater was not nearly so common as 

 M. sharpii and favoured the higher altitudes. It was not 

 seen in Somaliland. — A. E. P.] 



] 96. Merops apiaster. 



Merops apiaster (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 314. 



a,h. ? . Goraboutha, S. Abyssinia, 17th Feb. Nos. 525, 

 526. 



Iris red-brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Common Bee-eater was not so numerous as M. 

 nubicus. It was generally found in company with the 

 latter.— A. E. P.] 



197. Merops nubicus. 



Merojjs nubicus Gmel. ; Grant, -Ibis, 1900, p. 314; 1901, 

 p. 290. 



a,b. c? . Errer Gota, S. Abyssinia, 8th Dec. Nos. 208, 

 209. 



c-e. S • Goraboutha, S. Abyssinia, 17th Feb. Nos. 527, 

 530, 531. 



f,ff. (? ? . Khaldina, S. Abyssinia, 18th Feb. Nos. 536, 

 537. 



h-q. (^ ? . Filwa, S.Abyssinia, 8th Mar. Nos. 636-644. 



Iris red ; bill and legs black. 



[Wherever we crossed wide stretches of marshy ground, 

 or camped near the marshy edges of rivers, we saw the 

 Crimson-breasted Bee-eaters ; sometimes they were in very 

 great numbers. At times they might be seen on the ground, 

 at times following flights of insects and occasionally perching 

 on trees. — A. E. P.] 



198. Upupa epops. 



Upupa epops Linn.; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 314; 1901, 

 p. 290. 



a. c? . Owaramulka, S. Abyssinia, 7th Mar. No. 632. 



b. ? . Errer Gota, S. Abyssinia, 20th Mar. No. 710. 

 Iris brown ; bill dark brown or dusky black ; legs brown 



or dusky black. 



