AVES. 321 



55. M. apiaster, L. 



Kiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 96. — Ferr. et Gal. No. 162. — Lefebvre, p. 

 83.— Brehm, Habesch, No. 33. 



Eare on the highlands in spring. Not seen else- 

 where. 



56. M. superciliosus, L. 



Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 96. 

 M. wgyptius et M. persicus, auct. 



I am indebted for a single specimen shot at Adigrat 

 to Captain Newport. I did not myself meet with 

 this bird. 



Compared with a specimen from Madagascar, the 

 typical locality, the wing is f in. longer. The cen- 

 tral tail-feathers are also longer ; but this is a character 

 varying with the season. 



57. M. nubicus, Gm. 



Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 464.— Ferr. et GaL No. 163.— Lefeb-rre, p. 83. 

 M. ccBndeocephalus, Lath. — Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 98. 



This fine Bee-eater I only saw once. A large number 

 were collected about one spot close to the hot spring of 

 Atzfut on the shores of Annesley Bay. Mr. Jesse also 

 met with it only once and in the same neighbourhood. 



58. M, albicoUis, Vieill. 



Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 15, et Eno. Meth. p. 393. 

 M. Guvi&ri, Licht. Verz. d. Doubl. p. 13. — Lefebvie, p. 83. 



Iris crimson. In December, January, and February 

 this bird was not found in the coast region, but with 

 some other species it migrated into the country in the 

 spring, and abounded throughout Samhar in June and 

 July. I saw it as far inland as Eairo in Habab, but it 



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