37 [Vol. xii. 



very similar, but with indistinct green bronze- 

 edged spots /. somaliensis. 



II. Head and throat buff or white ; wings and tail 



spotless I.jacksoni, &c. 



The synonymy of these different species should stand as 

 follows : — 



"1. Irrisor erythroriiynchus. 



" Upupa erythrorhynchus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 280 (1790). 



11 Promerops purpureus, Shaw & Miller, Cimel. Phys. pi. 52 

 (1796). 



"Irrisor erythrorhynchus, Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. 

 p. 19 (1892) [part, spec./,//, /, v, w~\. 



"Irrisor viridis, Salvin (nee Licht.), Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. 

 p. 17 (1892) [part. spec, a-t, v, and o']. 



"Hab.* W. Africa: Loando ; Gold Coast. N.E. Africa : 

 Darfur ; Goz-Abu-Gumar, White Nile ; Faslioda ; mouth 

 of Zeraf River. Equatorial Africa : Niam-Niam, Uganda, 

 Lake Baringo. E. Africa : Mombasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mam- 

 boio, Ugogo, Usarabara, Nyasa-land, Shire River. South- 

 east Africa : Mashona-land, Matabele-land, Makalalca 

 Country, Transvaal, Natal. 



" 2. Irrisor viridis. 



" Upupa viridis, A. A. H. Licht. Cat. Rer. Nat. Hamb. 

 p. 22 (1793) [ f 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 : Swazi-land, Natal ; Knysna, in 

 Cape Colony. 



" The Swazi-land 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, n. sp. 



" Irrisor viridis, Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 17 (1892) 

 [part. spec. d'-n']. 

 * " The localities given are those of the British Museum Collection." 



