450 Messrs. Sclatei* and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



C. Purple with ;i ijrilliant gloss. 



7. H. ULTRAMARINA ULTRAMAKINA (Gmel., Vide SUpro) . 



Brilliant glossy purple. 

 Examples from Abyssinia and Anglo- Egyptian" Sudan. 



8. H. u. PiJKPURAscENS {H. puiyurasccns Reichenow, 



J. C. 0. 1883, p. 221 : Usegua, Germ. E. Afr.) is inter- 

 mediate between H. it. ultramarina and H. f. funerea, 

 and is perhaps best placed here as a subspecies of the 

 former. 

 Examples from British East Africa and Uganda. 



D. Green with considerable gloss. 



9. H. coDRiNGTONi (Ncavc, Mem. Lit. Phil, Soc. Man- 



chester, vol. 51, No. 10, 1907, p. 94 : Molilo's, N.E. 

 Rhodesia) . 



10. H. NiGERi^E (Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. 19^>8, 



p. 15 : Kiii river, N. Nigeria). 



These two birds, each only represented by one example 

 (the types in each case), are quite distinct from any other 

 members of the othei' groups. They appear also to be 

 distinct one from the other, H. codringtoni being the largest, 

 with a wing measurement of 70 mm. against 66 mm. of 

 H. niyerice. Probably H. nigeria will eventually be placed 

 as a subspecies of H. codringtoyii. 



Pytelia melba citerior. 



Pytelia citerior Strickland, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 151 : 

 Senegambia ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 321. 



[B. coll.] 2 Fatasha, nr. Khartoum, Jan. Feb., 2 Sudan 

 (probably Khartoum); 1 Ummat Rumeila June, Kas. 



The bird from Ummat Rumeila is intermediate between 

 this form and P. m. soudanensis. 



Pytelia melba soudanensis. 



Zonogastris soudanensis Sharpe, Cat. Bds. B. M. xiii. 1890, 

 p. 298 : type said to be from Khartoum, probably from Eritrea. 

 [B. coll.] 1 Roseires Aug. Sen. 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 Kamisa Dec, 2 Sennar Dec, 1 Singa 

 Dec. Sen. 



