1878.] birds from darra-salam. 355 



7. Ceryle rudis. 



Ceryle rudis (L.) ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 175. 



Two specimens of this widely distributed species, which, however, 

 does not seem to be so common in E. Africa as elsewhere, as this is 

 the first record of it from Zanzibar. 



8. Merops superciliosus. 



Merops superciliosus, L. ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 1 78. 

 Three specimens, all of the brown-headed type, the true M. super- 

 ciliosus. 



9. Merops pusilltjs. 



Merops pusillus (Mull.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 712. 

 M. minutus, V. ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 188. 

 Three specimens ; the eyebrow in each being very distinctly blue. 



10. Merops albicollis. 



Merops albicollis, V. ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 185 ; Sharpe, t. c. 

 p. 712. 



Several specimens of this very common Bee-eater. 



11. DlCROCERCUS HIRUNDINACEUS. 



Dicrocercus hirundinaceus, Sharpe, ed. Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 101. 



Merops hirundineus, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 193. 



On comparing this specimen with other African individuals, I 

 notice that the colour of the blue on the abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts is paler, and I can find no trace of a blue eyebrow in Mr. 

 Buxton's specimen. 



12. Irrisor erythrorhynchus. 



Irrisor erythrorhynchus (Lath.) ; Hartl. t. c. p. 824 ; Finsch & 

 Hartl. t. c. p. 202 ; Sharpe t. c. p. 712. 

 One specimen. 



13. ClNNYRIS MICRORHYNCHUS. 



Cinnyris microrhynchus, Shelley, Monogr. Cinnyridae, part 1. 



Nectarinia jardinii, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 824; Finsch & 

 Hartl. t. c. p. 218, pi. ii. fig. 1 ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 713 (nee Verr.). 



Cinnyris jardinii, Cab. in Von der Decken's Reis. iii. p. 29. 



An adult male fully bearing out the distinctions put forward by 

 Captain Shelley. 



14. Cinnyris gutturalis. 



Cinnyris gutturalis (L.) ; Shelley, Monogr. part 1 ; Sharpe, ed. 

 Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 311. 



N. gutturalis, Hartl. t. c. p. 824 ; Finsch & Hart. t. c. p. 216 ; 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 713. 



Cinnyris gutturalis, Cab. t. c. p. 28. 



Several specimens. 



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