W. E. OGILVIE-GEANT— AVES. 433 



This specimen appears to belong to the smaller shorter-tailed South African form 

 of /. erythrorhynchus (Lath.), but the white wing-band is somewhat wider, as in 

 specimens from Swaziland (cf. ' Ibis,' 1902, p. 434). Specimens collected by Doggett 

 at Mulema, S. Uganda, are typical long-tailed examples of /. erythrorhynchus 

 (cf. Grant, 'Ibis,' 1905, p. 209). 



[The Lesser Red-billed AVood-Hoopoe was shot among the acacia-trees on the 

 plains at the south-east end of Ruwenzori. — B. B. W.~] 



Ierisor jacksoni Sharpe. 

 Irrisor jacksoni Reich. Vog. AFr. ii. p. 343 (1902) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 517 [Toro]. 



a. 6 imm. Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 15th Sept. [No. 519. B. E. B.] 



b. 6 . 30 miles N. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3900 ft., 12th Aug. [No. 1776. 

 D. C] 



Iris dark hazel ; eyelid red ; bill and feet red. 



[Jackson's Wood-Hoopoe was often seen in the Eturi Forest and in the Mpanga 

 Forest, east of Ruwenzori. It was generally seen in flocks of a dozen or more 

 individuals, climbing about high up in the trees. — B. B. W.~\ 



Rhixopomastus schalowi Neumann. 



Rhinopomastvs cyanomelas schaloivi Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 347 (1902). 



Rhinopomastus schalowi Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 517 [Toro]. 

 a. 2 ■ Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 26th April. [No. 143S. B.C.] 

 b-m. 3 ? et 6 imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 3rd-31st May. [Nos. 275, 



305, 311, 39S. B. E. B. ■ 1599. B. C. ■ 2328, 2386. G. L. ; 3334, 3335, 3390, 3391. 

 i?. B. IF.] 



n. 3 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 2nd June. [No. 3440. B. B. II'.] 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



All the above specimens, with the exception of No. 311, are typical B. schaloivi, 

 with a broad white subterminal bar on the outer tail-feathers. In No. 311, which is 

 a female, the white subterminal markings on the two outer pairs of tail-feathers 

 are much reduced, being merely spots of white. This bird is therefore a typical 

 example of R. cyanomelas (Vieill.) from S.Africa, and should perhaps be referred 

 to that form. 



[Schalow's Wood-Hoopoe was very plentiful in the acacia-forest on the plains 

 ■Ground the south end of Ruwenzori ; but it was never seen on the mountains.— 

 /,'. //. IF.] 



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