276 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



The three males agree perfectly with the type oi L.jacksoni, 

 which I consider a sound species. 



The female appears to be undescribed, and differs from 

 the female of L. deckeni in having white tips to the wing- 

 coverts. 



When the bills of the two species are carefully compared, 

 it will be noticed that the bill in the male of L. deckeni is 

 more highly arched on the culmen and generally rather more 

 curved than is the bill in the male of L.jacksoni. 



The five females o^ L. deckeni when compared with the single 

 female of L. jacksoni also bear out the same character, 

 that is to say the bill of the former is rather larger and the 

 culmen is obliquely truncated towards the tip, whereas in 

 the latter the culmen curves towards the tip (see text- 

 figure 3). 



[(^ . Irides brown ; bill : upper mandible orange-red, spot 

 near lores white, towards tip whitish, tip black; lower 

 mandible orange-red, whitish towards tip, tip black ; cutting- 

 edge of both mandioles black; bare skin red and blue; legs 

 and toes black. ? . Irides brown ; bill black ; legs and toes 

 black; bare skin pale blue and red. I may safely say this 

 is the most common bird found in this dry district (Kozibiri 

 River) and it is present everywhere.] 



147. Upupa senegalensis. Senegal Hoopoe. 

 Upupa senegalensis Sw. Birds W. Africa, vol. ii. 1837, 

 p, 114 : Senegal. 



a. c? ad. Annarauget, Bakoro, 3700 ft. Feb. 1. 



b. S ad. Falabek, 2900 ft. Feb. 23. 



Total length in flesh: 11^ & lOf inches. Wing: 142 

 & 13.5 mm. 



The Falabek specimen is worn and faded. The second- 

 aries are not wholly white for their basal two-thirds, but 

 have a black band on the outer web and more or less on the 

 inner webs. It appears to be fully adult. The other is in 

 good clean dress and appears to be immature, as it has the 

 wing only 135 mm. and a total length of 10| inches. It has 



