502 DR. B. B. SHABPE O^ BIRDS L^^Y 21, 



Ost-Afr. p. 136 (1894) ; Salvad. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv, 

 (1894 : Hento Valley, Webbe Eiver). 



a. 2 ad. Near Berbera, July 12, 1894. 



b. (S ad. ; c. Ad. Shebeli, 8ept. 5, 1894. Iris bright red. 



In Shoa, Antinori states, this species is common throughout the 

 year in the lower " Kolla," but does not ascend to any height. 

 Mr. Jackson procured it on Mt. Elgon, and Dr. Eeichenow gives 

 a number o£ localities for the species in German East Africa. 



130. Melittophagus revoilii. 



Merops {Melittophafjus) revoilii. Oust, in Eevoil's Faun, at Plor. 

 ^omalis, Ois. p. 5, pi. i. (1882) ; id. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, 

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



Melittophagus revoilii, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 398 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 54 (1892). 



a. (S ad. Hargeisa, July 15, 1894. 



h. Ad. The Hand, July 25, 1894. 



This species is apparently peculiar to Somali-land. 



Earn. CoLiiD^. 



131. COLIUS lEUCOTIS. 



Colius leucotis, Eiipp. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 710 (1871) ; 

 Salvad. Ann., Mus. Genov.,(2) i. p. 100 (1884), vi. p. 217 (1888) ; 

 Oust. Bibl. ilcole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. no. 10, p. 3 (1886) : 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 341, pi. xii. fig. 1 (1892); 

 Salvad. t. c. p. 552 (1894 : Habir Valley). 



a. cT ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 23, 1894. Iris bluish grey ; orbits 



grey ; legs coral-red. 



b. Ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 27, 1894. Iris bluish grey; legs 



coral-red. 

 A resident species, according to Heuglin, in the countries of the 

 Beni-Amer, Bogos-land, and the whole of Abyssinia and the Gala 

 countries ; less common in Southern Senar, EazogI, on the Sobat 

 and Upper White Nile to the Gazelle Eiver. Antinori found it in 

 Shoa in small companies ascending to the higher elevations and 

 breeding ; but it is not in Mr. Jackson's collections, nor mentioned 

 in Dr. Eeichenow's work. 



132. Colius macrueus. 



Colius macroui'us (Linn.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 712 

 (1871). ■ , , , 



Colius macrurus, Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, 

 p. 3 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 345 (1892); 

 Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 105 (1894). 



a, i. c? 2 ad. Boholgarshan, July 15, 1894. Iris and cere 

 crimson. 



This Coly is found, according to Heuglin, in Southern Nubia 

 and Takah, from about 17° N. lat. southwards. It occurs in Bogos- 



