434 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic-Graiit on 



(2) Irrisor viridis. 



Upupa viridis A. A. TI. Licht. Cat. Rcr. Nat. Ilamb. p. 22 

 (1793) ["Kaffir-land^^]. 



Irrisor capensis Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 239 (1831). 



Irrisor viridis Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 17 (1892) 

 [part. spec, u and w-c']. 



Hub. South Africa : Swaziland, Natal j Knysna, in 

 Cape Colony. 



The Swaziland bird is somewhat intermediate between 

 /. erythrorhynchus and /, viridis, liaving the wider white 

 })and across the quills of the former species^ and the shorter 

 tail of the latter. 



(3) Irrisor damarensis, sp. n. (PI. X. fig. 1.) 



Irrisor viridis Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 17 (1892) 

 [part. spec. c?'-?i'] . 



Adult. Crown, nape, back, breast, and sides sooty black, 

 with a purplish-bronze gloss, the crown spangled with metallic 

 green bronze-edged spots ; chin and throat dark metallic 

 green; white band across the primaries 9-l'l inch wide ; 

 bill red. Total length ca. 17*0 inches; eulmen of ^ 2*2, 

 of ? 1-7 ; wing 5 •7-6-4 ; tail 9 6-10-3. 



Hub. South-west Africa : Damaraland. East Africa : 

 Kibwezi, Ngomeni, and Machakos, B. E. Africa. 



The birds from British East Africa have the wliite band 

 across the quills somewhat narrower than in typical Damara- 

 land birds, but are otherwise identical. 



(4) Irrisor melanoriiynchus. 



Nectarinia melanorhynchus Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 15 

 (1823) [Senegal]. 



FahineUus sciiei/alensis YieiW. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 580 (1823). 



Irrisor erythrorhynchus Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. 

 p. 19 (1892) [part. spec, a-e, h-k, and m-u^. 



Hab. W. Africa: Senegarabia ; also N.E. Africa: 

 Bogosland and Tigre, N. Abyssinia. 



I cannot distinguish the Abyssinian birds from West- 

 African specimens. 



