224 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
_Merops savignyi, Brehm, Habesch, p. 210. no. 34. 
superciliosus, Finsch, Journ. f. Orn. 1867, p. 239; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 178. no. 79. 
a. 2. Koomaylee. March 22 (no. 125). 
[Iris crimson; beak black; legs and feet brownish grey, toes black. 
The only specimen I procured, though I saw others at the time. I never met with 
this species elsewhere during my stay in Abyssinia or Bogos.—W. J.] 
42. MEROPS ALBICOLLIS, Vieill. 
Merops cuvieri, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 189. 
albicollis, Heugl. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 45; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 185. no. 82. 
- Koomaylee. June 5. 
- Koomaylee. June 5. 
. Rairo. August 13 (no. 791). 
. Rairo. August 18 (no. 787). 
. Rairo. August 13 (no. 1770). 
. Rairo. August 13 (no. 870). 
. Rairo. August 13 (no. 1002). 
. Rairo. August 13. 
. Rairo. August 13 (no. 84). 
k. 9. Ain. August 16 (no, 1382). 
Specimens from North-east Africa agree in every respect with western and eastern 
ones.—0O. F. 
[Iris crimson; beak black; legs and feet yellowish grey. 
Out of a series of ten of these birds, obtained at Rairo 13th August, Koomaylee 5th 
ss rFaenBF AOR 
PaAAAA aA to 
June, and Ain 16th August, I remarked that in six oe the length of the upper ~ 
mandible is 13 inch, and in the four others only + of an inch, though in other mea- 
surements, such as the pinion, length of middle ne &c., they coincide. Is this usual 
among the Meropide ?—W. J] 
43. MEROPS VIBIDISSIMUS, Sws. 
Merops egyptius, Licht. (nec Forsk.) Verz. Doubl. p. 18; Kittlitz, Kupfert. t. 7. f. 1. 
viridis, Riipp. (nec Linn.) Syst. Uebers. p. 24. no. 97; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 140. 
viridissimus, Hartl. Westafr. p. 40. 
a. Sd. Zoulla. June 6. 
b. 3d. Zoulla. June 6. 
ce. &. Zoulla. June 6. 
d. 3. Zoulla. June 6. 
e. 2. Zoulla. June 6 (no. E). 
f. Ain. July 7 (no. 1286). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
3” 3/8” BY” Dig FS ee BY” 9-1 a his Ad" 
3 4 2 5 103-113 5. . viridis. S. India. 
