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Terpsiphone cristata (Gmel.). 



Terpdphone cristata Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 414. 



Tchitrea viridis (Mull.), Reich, ii. p. 504 (1903). 



a-i. <J ?etcJ imm. Waghar, 28th June-llth Aug., 1905. 



Bradyornis pumilus Sharpe. 



Brady ornis pumilus Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 406. 



Bradornis griseus Reich, ii. p. 438 (1903). 



a. <$ . Geloko, 20th June, 1905. 



b-L S ? • Waghar, 6th July-9th Nov., 1905. 



m-x. <J ? . Burao, 13th Dec.-19th Jan., 1906. 



In this series there seems to be a great diversity in the 

 size of the bill. In a specimen shot 6th July, 1905, the bill 

 measures only 0*45 inch, as compared with 0'6 in most of the 

 other examples. 



Family Hirundinid^e. 



CoTILK OBSOLETA (Cab.). 



i'oti/e obsoleta Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 414. 

 Ripuria obsoleta Reich, ii. p. 398 (1905). 

 a. cS ■ Waghar, 6th July, 1905. 



Hirundo jETHiopica Blanf. 



Hirundo athiopica Reich, ii. p. 406 (1903). 



a. <$. Waghar, 29th Sept., 1905. 



b,c. ? . Burao, 8th & 10th Jan., 1906. 



Family PicidjE. 



Campothera nubica (Gmel.). 



Campothera nubica Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 415. 

 Dendromus nubicus Reich, ii. p. 178 (1902). 

 a. S • Dubar, 4th June, 1905. 

 b-h. <$ . Waghar, 15th July-24th Oct., 1905. 

 i-t. S ? et S imm. Burao, 5th Jan.-lOth June, 1906. 

 Iris mauve (pinkish) ; bill rusty black ; legs and feet sage- 

 green washed with white, 



