Birds from the IVhite Nile. 435 



(5) Irrisor SOMALI ensis, sp. n. (PI. X. fig. 2.) 

 Adult. Top o£ the head blackish, with indistinct green 

 bronze-edged spots; nape, back, and breast velvety black, 

 slightly glossed with dull purplish blue ; upper throat dark 

 steel-blue, lower throat metallic green ; rest of under parts 

 brownish black ; bill black. Total lei!gth ca. 17'0 inches ; 

 culmen of ^ ^'S, of ? 1-8; wing 5'5-6-l ; tail 80-0-3. 

 Hab. N.E. Africa : Somaliland. 



95. SCOPTELUS NOTATUS. 



Sco/jtelus notatus Salvin ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. 

 p. 22 (1892). 



a,b. ? . Fashoda, 26th Mar. & 2nd April. Nos. 190, 283. 



c. S ■ 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 15th April. No. 361. 



The adult male has the tips of the flight-fealhers and the 

 sides of the head, throat, and under parts purplish black. 



The adult female differs from *he adult male in having the 

 tips of the primaries brownish white and the sides of the 

 face, chin, throat, and breast sooty brown. 



In the ' Catalogue of Birds ' Salvin describes these differ- 

 ences as due to age ; but this is not the case, though it is true 

 that the young male resembles the female. 



[The Straight-billed Wood-Hoopoe was plentifully distri- 

 buted south of Jebel Ahmed- Agha. It was always seen in 

 pairs.— R. M. H.] 



96. LOPHOCEROS ERYTHRORHYNCHUS. 



Loplioceros erythrorhyncJius (Temm.) ; Witherby, p. 263 ; 

 Grant & Reid, p. 675. 



a-d. c? ? et cJ ? imm. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 6th-l 6th 

 April. Nos. 292, 293, 320, 369. 



Ad. Iris hazel ; bill reddish, lighter at base, a black streak 

 on lower mandible ; legs black. 



' [The Red-billed Hornbill was fairly common, but very wild. 

 I found it nesting inside a tree, but could not cut out the 

 wood to see if there were any eggs. — R. M. II.] 



97. Ceryle rudis. 



Ceryle rudis (Linn.) ; Witherby, p. 264; Grant & Reid, 

 p. 676 ; N. C. Roths. & WoUast. p. 24. 



SER. VIII. VOL. II. 2g 



