224 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
Merops savignyi, Brehm, Habesch, p. 210, no. 34. 
—— superciliosus, Finsch, Journ. f. Orn, 1867, p. 239; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 178. no. 79. 
a. 2. Koomaylee. March 22 (no. 125). 
[Iris crimson; beak black; legs and feet brownish grey, toes black. 
The only specimen I procured, though I saw others at the time. I never met with 
this species elsewhere during my stay in Abyssinia or Bogos.—W. J.] 
42. MEROPS ALBICOLLIS, Vieill. 
Merops cuvieri, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 139. 
albicollis, Heugl. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no, 45; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 185. no, 82. 
a. d. Koomaylee, June 5. 
b. 2. Koomaylee. June 5. 
c. d. Rairo. August 13 (no. 791). 
d. 3. Rairo. August 13 (no. 787). 
e. d. Rairo. August 13 (no. 1770), 
id 
g. 3 
3 
. Rairo, August 13 (no, 870). 
. Rairo. August 13 (no. 1002). 
. Rairo, August 13. 
i. 2, Rairo. August 13 (no. 84). 
k. 2. Ain. August 16 (no. 1382). 
Specimens from North-east Africa agree in every respect with western and eastern 
ones.—O, F. 
[Iris crimson; beak black; legs and feet yellowish grey. 
Out of a series of ten of these birds, obtained at Rairo 13th August, Koomaylee 5th 
June, and Ain 16th August, I remarked that in six specimens the length of the upper 
mandible is 13 inch, and in the four others only +3 of an inch, though in other mea- 
surements, such as the pinion, length of middle toe, &c., they coincide. Is this usual 
among the Meropide ?—W. J. ] 
43. MEROPS VIRIDISSIMUS, Sws. 
Merops egyptius, Licht. (nec Forsk.) Verz. Doubl. p. 13; Kittlitz, Kupfert. t. 7. f. 1. 
viridis, Riipp. (nec Linn.) Syst. Uebers. p. 24. no. 97; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 140, 
viridissimus, Hartl. Westafr. p. 40. 
a. d. Zoulla. June 6. 
6. 3. Zoulla. June 6. 
ce. d6. Zoulla. June 6. 
d, 3. Zoulla. June 6. 
e. 2. Zoulla. June 6 (no. E). 
if Ain. July 7 (no. 1286). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
3” 3/3” ran Did S73 5M” ro ei Oy Tee 4d -5/” 
3 4 2 5 103-114 5. . viridis. S. India. 
