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The only bee-eater found was Merops erythropterus ; 

 of hornbills, Tockus nasutus and T. erythrorhynchus 

 were common. T. Hemprichii was only found on the 

 hiUs around ; Bucorvus ahyssinicus was frequently seen. 

 I shot two species of Irrisor {T. erythrorhynchus and 

 /. aterrimus), and the common hoopoe. 



The passerine birds were of course numerous : it will 

 suffice to mention the principal. Swallows were repre- 

 sented by Hirundo puella, my new species H. CBthiopica, 

 H. rustica, and Psalidoprogne pristoptera ; sunbirds 

 by Nectarinia affinis, N. pulchella, and, on the hills 

 around only, N. cruentata ; flycatchers by Tchitrea 

 melanogastra and Platysteira pririt ; shrikes by Lanius 

 humeralis (not common), Laniarius cethiopicus, L. gam- 

 hensis in the river thickets alone, L. erythropterus, 

 Nilaus hrubru and Dicrurus divaricatus. Thrushes 

 were rare : Mr. Jesse obtained Turdus pelios, and I saw 

 Cossypha semirufa ; Turdus simensis did not appear to 

 occur at this elevation. Most Saxicolince were absent at 

 this season. The sylvians were represented by the Abys- 

 sinian wren, Oligocercus micrurus, and Camaroptera 

 hrevicaudata ; they' also were not abundant, nor were 

 DrymceccB, Two species of Crateropus, C. leucocephalus 

 and C. leucopygius, were common, and, as in other 

 instances, exemplified the meeting at this elevation of 

 birds which, like the former, range to the sea-coast, and, 

 like the latter, to the highlands. Of the tits and their 

 allies, Parus leucopterus, Zosterops dbyssinica, and 

 Eremomela griseo-flava occurred. 



The only crow was Corvus affinis. The starling tribe 



