Hemprich and Ehrenberg’s Types. 337 
Gray, Hand-list, no. 4839. Two specimens. Nos. 8 and 37, 
both from Arabia, are young males. 
Coracias habessinica, Ehr. fol. z, = Coracias ahyssinica , 
Bodd., Gray, Hand-list, no. 905. Two specimens. Nos. 4 
and 15, are from Abyssinia; and one. No. 19, is from Egypt. 
Young examples from South Africa in the Berlin Museum 
are labelled Coracias loquax , Licht. 
Coryus scapularis, var. jethiops, Ehr. fol. z , appears to 
be merely a brown-headed variety of Corvus scapulatus , Daud., 
Gray, Hand-list, no. 6224. This variety is also C. phceoce - 
phalus , Cab., Gray, Hand-list, no. 6226. There are three 
specimens collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg, all from 
Abyssinia. Two of these measure as follows :— 
Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 
in. in. in. in. 
No. 29. 2-4 13-75 7 2-37 
94 . 2-45 14-5 7-3 2-55 
Picus stridens, Ehr. fol. z , = Garrulus atricapillus , Geoff. 
St.-Hil.; and the type agrees closely with the plate of this 
species in Dresser's e Birds of Europe/ part xx. (August 
1873). 
Pyrrhocorax alpinus, var. digitata, Ehr. fol. z. One 
specimen from Bischerra measures culmen 1*4 inch, wing 11*0, 
tail 7*0, tarsus 185, and otherwise agrees closely with the 
ordinary form of P. alpinus. 
Oriolus galbula, var. virescens, Ehr. fol. z. One male 
and two females from Arabia do not differ from the ordinary 
form of Oriolus galbula. 
Buceros forskalii, Ehr. fol. z , is scarcely distinguishable 
from B. nasutus , but appears to be larger, and has a longer 
wing. There are three specimens in the collection, which 
measure as follows :— 
Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 
in. in. in. in. 
No. 15620 (type). Arabia_ 5-0 9-5 9-0 1-75 
18. Abyssinia . 5-0 9-5 9*0 1-65 
19. do. 4*75 9-75 8-5 1-6 
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