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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
This bird was met with only in the valley of the Nile and 
its tributaries.—L.] 
196. Melittophagus pusillus. 
Melittophagus pusillus (P. L. S. Muller) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 47, pi. i. fig. 5 (1892). 
a. $ . Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 409.) 
b. $ . Blue Nile, ,, 13 May, 1899. (No. 506.) 
Iris red; bill black ; legs dusky. 
197. Melittophagus sharpii. 
Melittophagus cyanostictus Sharpe (nee Cab.), Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xxvii. p. 48 (1892); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 501; Lort 
Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 418 [N. Somaliland] ; Hawker, Ibis, 
1899, p. 76. 
Melittophagus sharper Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. p. xxvii 
(1899). 
a, b. d $ . ITargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. 
(Nos. 4, 5.) 
c. Acabsiyo, Somaliland, 17 December, 1898. (No. 16.) 
d. Feyambiro, Abyssinia, 25 December, 1898. 
(No. 33.) 
e. (J. Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 15 January, 1899. 
(No. 198.) 
Iris red; bill black ; legs dusky in a and b, black in c and 
d ) dark brown in e. 
198. Melittophagus lafresnayi. 
Melittophagus lafresnayii (Guerin) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 49 (1892). 
a. $. Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. (No. 173.) 
Iris red ; bill black ; legs dark browm. 
199. Melittophagus bullocki. 
Melittophagus bullocki (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvii. p. 51 (1892). 
a. . Blue Nile, 13 May, 1899. (No. 505.) 
b. Ad. Blue Nile, 15 May, 1899. (No. 523.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
