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eastern Africa. He did not find it in Samhar, but in the neigh- 

 bouring mountaixis of Bogos and Habab, as well as in Takah, 

 throughout the whole of Abyssinia south to Shoa, in Fazogl, Senar, 

 Kordofan, and in the district of the White Nile westwards to the 

 Kosanga River. Antinori collected a number of specimens in 

 Shoa, and Mr. Jackson met with the species on the Turquel Eiver ; 

 but in East Africa, according to Dr. Reichenow, it is replaced by 

 B. cafer. 



Fam. Upupidje. 



124. Upxtpa somalensis. 



Vpupa epojas senegalensis (nee Sw.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 397. 

 Upu2m somalensis, Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 13, pi. i. 

 (1892). 

 a. $ ad. Hargeisa, July 21, 1894. 



125. Iebisoe. eetthroehinchus. 



Jrrisor erythrorhynchus (Lath.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 

 p. 214 (1869) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 107 (1884), vi. 

 p. 220 (1888) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 395 ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvi. p. 19 (1892) ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 138 

 (1894). 



a. S ad. Shebeli, Aug. 26, 1894. Iris brown ; legs coral- 

 red. 



c. Ad. Sheik Mahomed, Oct. 28, 1894. 



I. 2 ad. Shebeli, Sept. 3, 1894. Iris brown: legs bright 

 coral-red ; base of lower mandible red. 



An inhabitant of the wooded country of N.E. Africa, and met 

 with by Heuglin in Takah, Abyssinia, Senar, Kordofan, and in 

 the White Nile districts, westwards to the Kosanga, as well as on 

 the Abyssinian coast-land, ascending the mountains to 1000 feet. 

 Antinori says that the species was common but local at Daimbi iu 

 Shoa, It has not occurred to Mr. Jackson in the interior, but 

 Dr. Reichenow gives a number of localities for it in German East 

 Africa — Dar-es-Salaam, Paugani River, Ugogo, Mpwapwa, &c. 



126. Rhinopomastus minor. 



Irrisor minor (Riipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 218 (1869); 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 397. 



Bhinqpomastus minor, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 263 

 (1884), vi. p. 220 (1888) ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 26 

 (1892); Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 553 (1894: 

 River Adadle and Mt. Goolis). 



a. S ad. The Haud, July 22, 1894. 



b. d ad. Milmil, July 30, 1894. Bill orange. 



There seems to be some mistake in the ' Key ' to the genus 

 Rhinopomastus given in the ' Catalogue ' (p. 24), as R. minor is 

 placed with R. cyanomelas in the section with sub-terminal white 

 spots on the tail. As a matter of fact R. minor has the tail 



