Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 289 



The tail-lengths given above have only been roughly- 

 taken from the base, just to give a comparative idea. 



It is worthy of note that no Irrisor has yet been found in 

 Cameroon, and Mr. G. L. Bates informed Mr. Iredale 

 that during the many years he had spent there he had 

 neither seen nor heard one. 



150. Irrisor bollei jacksoni. Jackson's Wood-Hoopoe. 

 Irrisor jacksoni Sharpe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. vi. 



1890, p. 503 : Kiknyu, British E. Africa. 



a. c? ad. Man, 9000 ft. Dec. 2. 



In worn dress. 



Total length in flesh : 13^ inches. Wing: 133 mm. 



[Trides brown ; bill red, l)lackish at tip ; legs and toes 

 red. Only seen once, a small flock being observed when 

 crossing the Mau escarpment.] 



151. Irrisor damarensis granti. Grant's Wood-Hoopoe. 

 Irrisor damarensis granti Neum. Orn. Monatsb. 1903, 



p. 182 : Ngomeni, Ukamba, British E. Africa. 

 a. ? ad. Amala River, 5400 ft. Oct. 17. 

 In good dress ; eod of tail somewhat worn. 

 Total length in flesh : 14A inches. Wing : 139 mm. 

 [Irides brown ; bill retl, tip blackish ; legs and toes red.] 



152. Rhinopomastus cyanomelas schalowi. Schalow's 

 Scimitar-billed Wood-Hoopoe. 



RInnopomastus schaloivi Neum. Journ. fiir Orn. 1900, 

 p. 221 : Usandawe, German E. Africa. 



a. ? ad. Loita, 6300 ft. Oct. 5. 



b. S ad. Lemek Valley, 6500 ft. Oct. 7. 



Total length in flesh : <S l^f, ? 11 inches. Wing : 

 S 119, ? 1U4 mm. Culmen : S 45*5, ? 33 mm. 



Both are a little worn, and the male is moulting. 



The female differs from the male, not only in the smaller 

 size, but in having the forehead, sides of the face, throat 

 and breast brownish, and the belly and under tail-coverts 

 blackish. 



[Irides dark brown ; bill, legs and toes black. Stomach 

 contained insects.] 



