On Birds from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia . 115 
Centropus senegalensis (nec L.); Sharpe, eel. Layard’s B. 
S. Afr. p. 162. 
No. 1. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 10, 1898. 
34. Halcyon orientalis Peters; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 
S. Afr. p. 116; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 117. 
No. 40. A- Mapicuti, Sept. 17, 1898. Iris brown; 
bill and feet vermilion. 
35. Melittophagus cyanostictus Cab. 
Melittophagus meridionalis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii* 
p. 45, pi. i. fig. 4 (1892). 
No. 9. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 13, 1898. 
No. 20. Mapicuti, Sept. 15, 1898. Iris red. 
36. Melittophagus albiprons (C. & H.) ; Sharpe, Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 53 (1892). 
Merops hullockoides Smith; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. 
Afr. p. 99, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1884). 
Melittophagus hullockoides Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 111. 
No. 10. $ ad. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 13, 1899. Iris 
brown. 
37. Merops natalensis Reichenb.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvii. p. 84 (1892). 
Merops hullockoides Smith; Sharpe, t. c. p. 99. 
No: 25. Mapicuti, Sept. 15, 1898. Iris brown. 
This specimen has the longest tail I have ever seen in this 
species, the centre feathers measuring 8*2 inches in length. 
IX. On the Birds collected during an Expedition through 
Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia to the Blue Nile . 
By W. R. Ogilvie Grant. With Field-notes by Lord 
Lovat. —Part I. 
(Plates II. & III.) 
Few African expeditions of recent years have proved more 
interesting, or have led to more important scientific results, 
than the adventurous journey lately undertaken by Mr. H. 
Weld-Blundell and Lord Lovat. 
