APPENDIX IV. 
5. Psittacus, probably new. This is the only species of ' parroquet I ever 
smv in Abyssinia ; they were seen in large flights about the tops of 
Taranta in March and October. One specimen. 
6. Coracias Benghalensis. I. O. i. 168. Thought to be a young bird. One 
specimen, (^Mosambique,) 
7. afra. var. One specimen. (^Mosambique.) 
8. Biicco, new species, (^Abyssinia.) Two specimens. Supposed to be 
male and female, as they were shot at the same time. They cling 
like the common woodpecker to the branches of trees. 
9. Oriolus Monacha. I. O. i. 357. (^Mosambique.) 
10. (Abyssinia.^ 
11. Galbiila. I. O. i. 186. (Mosambique.) This and No. 9, were 
found on a mango tree. 
12. Cuculus, var. of Edolio Levail, 5. pi. 209. (^Abyssinia.') 
13 _ senegalensis. I. O. i. 213. (^Abyssinia.) It is common in 
the mountainous districts, and is generally found sitting in the thick 
caper, and other thorny bushes, tvhence it is difficult to drive it. Its 
flesh is coarse and rank ; and the contents of the stomach, when 
killed, very fetid. 
14. Picus, not described. (^Abyssinia.) 
15. Alcedo, not described. {Abyssinia.) Shot at Chelicut, in the bed of a 
brook closely shaded with trees and shrubs, 
16. Merops erythropteros. (^Abyssinia.) These birds fly like swallotcs, 
and are very difficult to kill. Three specimens. 
17. superciliosus. I. O. 1.271? Two specimens. (3fosambique.} 
Commonly seen flying about the manioca plantations, tvhich the bees 
frequent. 
18. , not described, Fork-tailed. Tivo specimens. Abyssinian, 
near Adoiva. 
19. Erythropterus ? large variety. Two specimens. 
20. 21. Upupapromerops. I. O. i. 278. Tico specimens. (Mosambique.) 
This bird flies icith seeming difficulty, owing to the length of its tail. 
22. erythrorhynclios, var. with a black tail. {Abyssinia.) Com- 
mon; they keep together in flights of twenty, thirty, or more ; and 
are often observed feeding on the figs of the Ficus Sycamorus ; ivhen 
disturbed they make a prodigious chattering. One specimen. 
