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Melittophagus sharpii Hartert. 



Melittophayus cyanostictus (Cab.), Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 418 ; Reich, ii. p. 308 (1902) [part]. 



Melittophagus sharpei Grant & Reid, Ibis, 1901, p. 672. 

 a-f. <J ? • Waghar, 4th Oct.-4th Nov., 1905. 



Merops albicollis (Vieill.). 



Aerops albicollis Reich, ii. p. 317 (1902). 



a-c. S ? et $ imm. Dubar, 10th-19th May, 1905. 



Family Upupid^e. 



Upupa somaliensis Salvin. 



Upupa somalensis Reich, ii. p. 335 (1902). 



Upupa somaliensis Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 417. 



a,b. S ■ Waghar, lst-30th July, 1905. 



c-e. £ . Burao, 5th Jan.-23rd Feb., 1906. 



On July 30th, 1905, Mr. Bury found numbers of Hoopoes 

 in the Waghar Mountains ; no doubt they belonged to the 

 present species and to U. intermedia. 



Upupa intermedia Grant & Reid. 



Upupa intermedia Grant & Reid, Ibis, 1901, p. 674. 



a-c. S ? • Waghar, 26th July-2nd Sept., 1905. 



d. S • Burao, 7th Jan., 1906. 



These four examples, obtained by Mr. Bury, confirm 

 Mr. Ogilvie-Grant's opinion that this is a distinct species 

 intermediate between U. somaliensis Salvin and U. indica 

 Reichenb. {cf. Ibis, 1901, p. 674). 



Irrisor somaliensis Grant. 



Irrisor erythrorhynchus (Lath.), Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 417. 



Irrisor senegalensis somaliensis Reich, ii. p. 342 (1902). 



a-y. S ? • Burao, 26th Feb.-20th March, 1906. 



h-n. $ ? et $ imm. Waghar, 7th July-21st Oct., 1905. 



Bill black ; legs and feet coral-red washed with white ; 

 toes black. 



The two most adult male birds in the series (with the bill 

 measuring about 2"5 inches) have the basal part of the lower 



