260 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
116. AmypRUs TENUIROSTRIS (Riipp.). 
Lamprotornis tenuirostris, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. pl. 10. f. 1; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 75. no. 253 ; Heugl. 
Syst. Uebers. no 358. 
Oligomydrus tenuirostris, Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1859, p. 34. 
a. Addigerat. May 4 (no. 991). 
Von Heuglin’s Oligomydrus sturninus (J. f. O. 1863, p. 15) is the young of this species. 
I have compared the type specimens from Begemeder.—0O. F. 
[Iris brown; beak black; legs and feet black. 
The only specimen I procured. I cannot say whether this species is common or not, 
as at a distance it may be easily confounded with A. rueppellii and A. albirostris, owing 
to its general appearance.— W. J.] 
117. AmypRUS ALBIROSTRIs (Riipp.). 
Ptilonorhynchus albirostris, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. t. 9. f.1; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 75. no. 244; Heugl. 
Syst. Uebers. no. 348; Brehm, Habesch, p. 216. no. 81. 
Pilorhinus albirostris, Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1859, p. 30. 
a. 3. Rayrayguddy. May 27. 
[Beak yellowish white. 
The only specimen. Not observed elsewhere.—W. J.] . 
118. BUPHAGA ERYTHRORHYNCHA (Stanl.). 
Buphaga erythrorhyncha, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 76. no. 254; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 359; id. 
Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 154; Brehm, Habesch, p. 217. no. 86; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel! 
Ostafr. p. 884. no. 192. 
3. Eylet. June 24 (no. 1278). 
3d. Eylet. June 26 (no. 1878). 
3. Eylet. June 26 (no. 148). 
Eylet. June 26 (no. 1266). 
3. Maragaz. July 29 (no 652). 
S SS 8 
[Iris lemon-yellow, skin round the eye (eyelid) the same; beak orange-yellow; legs 
and feet dark grey. 
Very universally distributed both in the highlands and in the plain. Runs over 
animals (cattle) like a Woodpecker, over and under with equal facility. Feeds on 
vermin. Toes not reversible. Contents of stomach ticks and blood. W. J] 
