Birds from the White Nile. 435 
(5) Irrisor somaliensis, sp. n. (PI. X. fig. 2.) 
Adult. Top of the head blackish, with indistinct green 
bronze-edged spots; nape, back, and breast velvety black, 
slightly glossed with dull purplish blue ; upper throat dark 
steel-blue, lower throat metallic green ; rest of under parts 
brownish black ; bill black. Total length ca. 17'0 inches ; 
culmen of <$ 2*5, of ? 1*8; wing S'S-G'! ; tail 8-0-9-3. 
Hab. N.E. Africa : Somaliland. 
95. SCOPTELUS NOTATUS. 
Scoptelus notatus Salvin ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. 
p. 22 (1892). 
a,b. ? . Fashoda, 26th Mar. & 2nd April. Nos. 190, 283. 
c. S ' 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 15th April. No. 361. 
The adult male has the tips of the flight-feathers and the 
sides of the head, throat, and under parts purplish black. 
The adult female differs from the adult male in having the 
tips of the primaries brownish white and the sides of the 
face, chin, throat, and breast sooty brown. 
In the ' Catalogue of Birds ' Salvin describes these differ- 
ences as due to age ; but this is not the case, though it is true 
that the young male resembles the female. 
[The Straight-billed Wood-Hoopoe was plentifully distri- 
buted south of Jebel Ahmed-Agha. It was always seen in 
pairs.— R. M. H.] 
96. LOPHOCEROS ERYTHRORHYNCHUS. 
Loplwceros erythrorhynchus (Temm.) ; Witherby, p. 263 ; 
Grant & Reid, p. 675. 
a-d. (^ ? et (^ ? imm. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 6th-16th 
April. Nos. 292, 293, 320, 369. 
Ad. Iris hazel ; bill reddish, lighter at base, a black streak 
on lower mandible ; legs black. 
r [The Red-billed Hornbill was fairly common, but very wild. 
I found it nesting inside a tree, but could not cut out the 
wood to see if there were any eggs. — R. M. H.] 
97. Ceryle rudis. 
Ceryle rudis (Linn.) ; Witherby, p. 264; Grant & Reid, 
p. 676 ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 24. 
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