— '44 — 



Distiiintu'shhiff chnracters. — Never lias a black bill ; gênerai 

 colour brighter and greener. 



2. PhOENKI lis l-inTHRORIIYNCHlS SENEGAI.KNSIS. 



Falciiielltis seiiegiile7isis V'ikii.i,., Fine. Meth., Il, 1822, p. 580, 

 Sénégal. 



Range. — Sénégal, Ganibia, Portiiguese Guinea, Sierra Leone 

 and probablv French Guinea. 



Disti)igiiis/ititg chai acte/ s. — Hill usuallv black or mostlv 

 black; gênerai colour much darker and duller, more purplish-blue. 



Ohservatioti, — For the other forins of Phoeniciihts ervthrorhyn- 

 chus see Ci.audk Grant, Ihis, K)I5, pp. 281-287. 



Messrs. Scl.\ter and Praed in their nionograph of the birds of 

 the Anglo-Egvptian Sudan note that thev foliow Mr. C. Gkant in 

 his revision of the genus, but Mr. Sci.ater tells me that thev did 

 not go into the question of the West African forms, but onlv of 

 the race which came within the area of which thev were dealing. 



The only other race occuring in tropical West Africa is : 



3. — PHOENICn.US KRYTHROKHVNCHrS .VNGOl.ENSIS. 



Irrtsor ervthroi /lyiic/iits var. aiigo/ensis Keichw, Vog Afr., II, 

 1902, p. 339 : Kakonda, Angola. 



Distrihutioii. — Angola. 



Distinguishitig charncters. — Size rather larger than the precee- 

 ding forms; tail violet; top of head steel-blue; spots on wings and 

 tait large. 



(This is tlie rarest Wood-Hoopoe, and during mv visit I only met 

 with it on two occasions. The one shot was feeding on red berries. 

 — W. P. L.) 



