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on the higher portions of the plateau above 7,000 feet. 

 In July pairs were occasionally seen on high trees making 

 a great noise and probably engaged in breeding. 



36. P. undatus, Eiipp. 



Fogonias -wjidattts, Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 52, t. 20, fig. 2.— Ferret et 



Gal. No. 36. 

 Laimodon undatus, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 338. — Heugl. Syst. 



Uebers. No. 477. 

 Bucco undatus, Lefebvre, p. 130. 

 B. undidatus, Des Murs et Pr^TOst, Lefebvre, Atlas, pi. 10, fig. 2. 



Iris pale greyish yellow, bill black, legs dusky. Not 

 rare about Adigrat and Senaf^. 



Close to the shrine of St. Eomanos I shot a specimen 

 which was hanging head downwards from a branch, 

 feeding upon fruit. 



37. P. mefanocephalus, Eiipp. 



Fogonias melanocephalus, Eiipp. Atlas, p. 41, t. 28, fig. a. 

 Bucco bifrenatus, Hemp, and Ehr., Symb. Phys., t. viii. figs. 1, 2. 

 Lavmodon melanocephalus, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 336. 



Iris brown, beak and legs black. 



Only seen in the neighbourhood of the coast. I 

 obtained one specimen at Komayli and two others near 

 Ailat. Apparently the three species of Pogonorhynchus 

 are thus to a certain extent characteristic of the three 

 lower subdivisions of the Abyssinian fauna ; P. melano- 

 cephalus being met with in the tropical, P. Saltii in the 

 subtropical, and P. undatus in the temperate region. 



In the stomach of P. melanocephalus were many 

 coleoptera. All the Abyssinian Barbets appear much 

 more insectivorous than their Indian representatives. 

 The same is the case with the Hornbills. 



