434 Mr. W. R. Offilvie-Graut on 
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(2) Irrisor viridis. 
Upupa viridis A. A. H. Licht. Cat. Rer. Nat. Hamb. p. 22 
(1793) [^^Kaffir-land"]. 
Irrisor capensis Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 239 (1831). 
Irrisor viridis Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 17 (1892) 
[part. spec, u and w-c']. 
Hab. South Africa : Swaziland, Natal ; Knysna, in 
Cape Colony. 
The Swaziland bird is somewhat intermediate between 
/. erythrorhynchus and /. viridis, having the wider white 
band across the quills of the former species^ and the shorter 
tail of the latter. 
(3) Irrisor damarensis, sp. n. (PI. X. fig. 1.) 
Irrisor viridis Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 17 (1892) 
[part. spec, d^—n'^^ . 
Adult. CrowUj nape, back, breast, and sides sooty black, 
with a purplish-bronze gloss, the crown spangled with metallic 
green bronze-edged spots ; chin and throat dark metallic 
green; white band across the primaries 09-l'l inch wide ; 
bill red. Total length ca, 17*0 inches; culmen of ^ 2'2, 
of ? 1-7; wing5-7-6'4; tail 9 6-10-3. 
Hab. SouTH-WEST Africa : Damaraland. East Africa : 
Kibwezi, Ngomeni, and Machakos, B. E. Africa. 
The birds from British East Africa have the white band 
across the quills somewhat narrower than in typical Damara- 
land birds, but are otherwise identical. 
(4) Irrisor melanorhynchus. 
Nectarinia melanorhynchus Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 15 
(1823) [Senegal]. 
Falcinellus senegalensis Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 580 (1823). 
IiTisor erythrorhynchus Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. 
p. 19 (1892) [part. spec, a-e, h-k, and m-u']. 
Hab. W. Africa : Senegambia ; also N.E. Africa : 
Bogosland and Tigre, N. Abyssinia. 
I cannot distinguish the Abyssinian birds from West- 
African specimens. 
