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they were plentiful, but had disappeared in June. I never saw it elsewhere while in 
Abyssinia or Bogos. Procured a pair, male and female; the latter slightly paler in 
plumage, but moulting, had the appearance of being a younger bird.— W. J.] 
39. ALCEDO Picta (Bodd.). 
Alcedo cerulea, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 23. no. 98; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 135. 
Ispidina cyanotis, Brehm, Habesch, p. 210. 
Alcedo picta, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 171. no. 76. 
a. 6. Maragaz. July 29 (no. 601). 
6. 9. Maragaz. July 29. 
c. ¢. Maragaz. July 30 (no. 1065). 
d. 3. Waliko. July 31. 
e. Waliko. August 2 (no. 1003). 
f. 2. Waliko. August 4. 
g. 6. Gabena Weldt Gonfallon. August 7 (no. 1271). 
h. 2. Gabena Weldt Gonfallon. August 8 (no. 1945). 
S. 
. od. Bejook. July 14 (no. 1672). 
k. 3. Bejook. July 15 
l. g. Bejook. July 15 (no. 1470). 
[Iris brown; beak coral-red; legs and feet coral-red. 
Very plentiful on the Anseba during July and August. Saw one on the Lebka, 
below Kokai, in August. Note not unlike that of the common brown Wren (Troglo- 
dytes parvulus). Insectivorous and very voracious; shot one with the legs of a large 
locust hanging outside the beak.—W. J.| 
Fam. MEROPID. 
40. Merops apraster, Linn. 
Merops apiaster, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 23. no. 95; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 137; id. Fauna d. 
Roth. Meer. no. 44; Brehm, Habesch, p. 210. no. 38. 
a. 3d. Taconda. April 21 (no. 103). 
6. 2. Taconda. April 21 (no. 426). 
[Iris crimson; beak black; legs and feet black. 
Shot and sent to me by a friend from the Taconda Pass. I myself neither obtained 
nor saw this bird, either in Abyssinia or the Bogos country. Contents of stomach, 
wasps.— W. J.| 
41. MEROPS sUPERCILIOSUS, L. 
Merops superciliosus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 23. no. 96; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 138. 
—— egyptius, Heugl. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 46. 
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