Species o/'Upupa? and Trochili. 375 



neck, head, and under surface are deeper rufous, almost as in 

 U. africana, and the secondaries are marked as in that species, 

 the basal two thirds being white and the apical black third 

 crossed by a white transverse band. Total length about 10 "5 

 inches, wing 5"4, tail 3*7, bill 2*2, tarsus 0*8. 



Hob. Somali-Land. 



There can be little doubt that the bird here described 

 belongs to a species distinct both from U. epops and U. afri- 

 cana, having the primaries banded as in the former bird and 

 the secondaries like those of the latter as well as its rich 

 colour. 



Scoptelus notatus. 



Adult. Similar to that of 8. aterrimus, but the upper sur- 

 face bluer where S. aterrimus is purple and greener where 

 that bird is steel-blue ; the outermost rectrix on either side 

 always has a subterminal white band, which varies somewhat 

 in width and is sometimes divided into two spots by the dark 

 shaft. 



Young. Differs from the young of 8. aterrimus in the same 

 way as the adults from one another. 



Hah. North-east Africa, perhaps extending into the Congo 

 region. 



The adult males of this species have a dark greyish sub- 

 terminal patch on the inner webs of the primaries. In the 

 females this is much larger, paler, and more distinct. 



This bird of N.E. Africa has usually been united with the 

 West- African 8. aterrimus; but from the specimens before 

 me I have no difficulty in distinguishing the two birds. 



Teochili. 

 Panychlora micans. 



Adult male. Similar to that of P. alicice, and of about the 

 same size. The whole plumage is of a rich reddish golden 

 hue, brighter and redder on the crown. The tail is very 

 dark and of more bronzy tint than in the allied species, but 

 the outer rectrices are distinctly green, and not coppery bronze, 

 as in P. russaia ; moreover the tail is slightly forked. 



Bab. ? 



A single male specimen in the Gould Collection is the only 

 one I have seen of this bird. It is very richly coloured, and, 

 though differing obviously from P. alicice, may possibly prove 

 to be a variety of that species. 



