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The length of wing is 87 mm. and the specimen is thus 

 intermediate in size between obsoletus and ingens. The colour 

 of the back is rather dark, almost »sepia» (Dauthenay: 

 Rep. de Coul. 300, 1). In consequence of this dark coloura- 

 tion, I refer this specimen to Hartert's subspecies, although 

 its measurements are a little smaller than those of the type. 

 The tail is 44 mm., and the culmen 18,5 mm. against 46 and 

 21 resp. in the type. 



This appears to be a rather rare Woodpecker. 



54. Coliiis leucotis affinis Shelley. — 1 ^ ^^ji, 1 J' ^^/i, 

 Ju ja. 



55. Coracias garruliis Linné. — 1 $ ^Va, Donya Sabuk. 



56. Coracias caudatus Linné. — 2 ^T cT, 1 ? Va» Donya 

 Sabuk. 



57. Coracias iiaeviiis sharpei Reichenow. — 1 J" ^^/u 

 Donya Sabuk. Length of wing 180 mm. 



58. Eurystomus afer suahelicus Neumann. — 1 J* 7-n 

 Donya Sabuk. 



59. Lopliocerus iiasutus epirhiiius Sundevall. — 1 $ 

 ^Vsj Donya Sabuk. 



In both specimens the new quills of the wings are tipped 

 with white, but in the old ones the white is worn off. This 

 may give an explanation to the fact that the white some- 

 times is present, sometimes absent. 



60. Halcyon clielicuti Stanley. — 1 J" ^^/i, Juja; 1 $ 

 ^7i, 1 unsexed ■''7i, I ^ Vä, 1 $ ^2, 1 ? V^, Donya Sabuk. 



61. Halcyon semicoeriileiis Forskål. — 1 c^ ^^/i, 1 J" 

 ^Vi, Juja; 2 cTc^ juv ^2, Donya Sabuk. 



62. Melittopliagiis pusillus cyanostictus Cabanis. — 1 

 ef, 2 $ ^, one of these young, 1 $ juv ^-/i, Juja; 1 J" juv. 

 26/i, Athi river; 1 $ ^^2, Donya Sabuk. 



63. Irrisor erytlirorhynclius Latham. — Adult with 



fully red bilis: 2 ^^ '^y^, 1 J^ 1 ? ^2, V2, Donya Sabuk. 

 Birds with »the lower beak deep coral pink»: 1 J" ^/2, 



1 $ ^Vä, Donya Sabuk. Young birds with the bill black: 



2 ? $ ^Vi, 1 $ 8/2, Donya Sabuk. 



