1895.] FBOir WESTERN SOMA.LI-LAKD. 501 



uniform like R. cahanisi, which, however, is easily recognized by 

 the absence of the white band on the quills. 



Eiippell discovered this Wood-Hoopoe in Shoa, and Antinori 

 met with the species in the country of the Adda Galas, but not in 

 Shoa proper. It has, however, been obtained at Sodde by 

 Dr. Eagazzi. To the south its place appears to be taken by 

 R. cahanisi. 



Yam. MEEOPiDiE. 



127. Mebops apiastee. 



Merops apiaster, Linn. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 196 (1869) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 107 (1884); Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 63 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 319 ; Reichen. 

 Vdg. Deutsch-Ostafr. p. 135 (1894). 



a. (S ad. Luku, Sept. 18, 1894. Iris reddish brown. 



A migrant throughout N.E. Africa, according to Heuglin, from 

 the end of March to the early part of May, and from August to 

 October, mostly in companies. In Arabia Petraea and in Central 

 Egypt he believes that it breeds in May. Antinori met with it in 

 Shoa, passing south in August, and also obtained one specimen in 

 October. It was found by Mr. Jackson in Ukambani and also in 

 Sotik. Dr. Eeichenow records it from Dar-es-Salaam, Kakoma, 

 Wualaba, Ugalla, and Igonda. 



128. MeEOPS NUBICUS, 



Merops nuhicus, Gm. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 199 (1869) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. ,(2) i. p. 108,(1884); Shelley, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 397 ; Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. no. 10, p. 4 

 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 85 (1892); Salvad. 

 Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 552 (1894) ; Eeichen. A^og. 

 Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 135 (1894). 



ffl, 6. $ ad. Tooloo, Jan. 13, 1895. Iris dark red, 

 Heuglin says that this species is found in the warmer parts of 

 Abyssinia, ascending to 6000 or 7000 feet He found it common 

 in Takab, Senar, ICordofan, and along the White Nile, sometimes 

 occurring in flocks of thousands. It breeds at the commencement 

 of the summer rainy season, in the Negro-lands of the Upper 

 Nile in March and April, and in the Eastern Sudan between June 

 and August. Antinori says that in Shoa it is a migrant, passing 

 in small flocks : he obtained it from September to January. 

 Dr. Eeichenow records the species from the Pangani Eiver. 



129. Melittophagtjs ctanostictus. 



Melittophagus pusillus cyanostictus, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. ,398. 



Merops cyanostictus (Cab.); Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, 

 xxxi. art. 10, p. 4 (1886). 



Melittophagus cyanostictus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 110 

 (1884), vi. p. 221 (1888) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 319; id. Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 48, pi. i. fig. 3 (1892) ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- 



