282 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
157. PoGonoRHYNCHUS UNDATUS (Riipp.). 
Laimodon undatus, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. t. 20. 2; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 95. no. 339; Heugl. Syst. 
Uebers. no. 477. 
a. g. Rayrayguddy. May 17 (no. 675). 
b. S. Senafé. April 4 (no. 119). 
c. do. Kokai, Angust 9 (no. 1578). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
gu VW YI vin 74 gi, 
Not observed in the Bogos country by Dr. von Heuglin. 
[Iris white. 
Not plentiful. Localities: Senafé, April, early; Rayrayguddy, May; Kokai (Anseba), 
August. Seen hawking insects like a Flycatcher, returning to its perch on a dead 
bough.— W. J.] 
158. PogonoryNcHUS MELANOCEPHALUS (Riipp.). 
Pogonias melanocephalus, Riipp. Atlas, t. 28; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 95. no. 336. 
bifrenatus, Hempr. & Ehrb. Symb. Phys. t. 8. f. 1. 
Laimodon melanocephalus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 474. 
Pogonias bifrenatus, Heugl. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 196. 
a. 5. Rairo. August 13 (no. 9738). 
(The only specimen I procured or saw during my stay in the country.— VW. J.] 
159. MEGALaMA PUSILLA (Dumont). 
Megalaima pusilla, Goffin, Mus. des Pays-Bas. (18638) p. 40. 
Barbatula minuta, Hartl. W. Afr. p. 173. 
pusilla, Heugl. Ibis, 1861, p. 124. 
a. g. Kokai. July 13 (no. 576). 
b. Kokai. 
C. Waliko. July 21 (no. 1656). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Lat.rostr.ad basin. Tars. 
Qf Age 2 c. 5” 37” 62” . 2. Kokai. 
2 0 11 44 3 6 .... 9. Kokai. 
2 1 1 2 c.5 32 Go sea ae Waliko. 
2 0 1 38 42 — GC wees (Heuglin). 
2 4 1 8 5a c. 4 ‘teed Natal. 
2 4 1 2 5 — fe) lavas M. pusilla (Goffin). 
Von Heuglin has already mentioned this species as obtained once in a collection of 
birds from the Blue Nile, and has remarked on its being smaller than the measure- 
ments given by Hartlaub. The specimens in Mr. Jesse’s collection confirm this fact, 
inasmuch as they have the wings a little shorter, also the bill, but the latter only 
comparatively. In comparing Mr. Jesse’s specimens with an old male in full dress from 
