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from three specimens taken at Yo, Lake Chad (Boyd 

 Alexander coll.). 



Text-fioure 4. 



Fourth secondary of three males of Upnpa senegalensls taken at Yo, 

 Lake Chad, by Mr. Boyd Alexander. 



Range. Senegal eastward to Abyssinia, Somaliland, and 

 Uganda. 



All the specimens of Hoopoes from Arabia that I have 

 been able to examine belong to U. e. epops. 



148. Upupa africana. South African Hoopoe. 

 Upupa africana Bechst. Kurze Uebers. vol. iv. 1811, 

 p. 172 : Congo and Cape of Good Hope. 

 a. J ad. Kijabe, 6300 ft. Sept. 24. 

 Total length in flesh : 11^ iuches. Wing 143 mm. 



