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 They cling like the common woodpecker to the branches of trees.

9. Oriolus Monacha. I.O. i. 357. (Mosambique.)

10. (Abyssinia.)

11. Galbula. I.O. i. 186. (Mosambique.) This and No. 9, were found on a mango tree.

12. Cuculus, var. of Edolio Levail, 5. pl. 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, whence 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 swallows, and are very difficult to kill. Three specimens.

17. superciliosus. I.O. 271? Two specimens. (Mosambique.) Commonly seen flying about the manioca plantations, which the bees frequent.

18., not described. Fork-tailed. Two specimens. Abyssinian, near Adowa.

19. Erythropterus? large variety. Two specimens.

20. 21. Upupa promerops. I.O. i. 278. Two specimens. (Mosambique.) This bird flies with seeming difficulty, owing to the length of its tail.

22. erythrorhynchos, var. with a black tail. (Abyssinia.) Common; they keep together in flights of twenty, thirty, or more; and are often observed feeding on the figs of the Ficus Sycamorus; when disturbed they make a prodigious chattering. One specimen.

23. Certhia, var. of C. Zeylona. (Mosambique.)

24. Certhia famosa. (Mosambique.) Ind. Orni. i. 288.

25. Certhia Senegalensis. I.O. i. 284. (Mosambique.)

26. Certhia, not described. (Abyssinian.) Found in the low hot country, near the Tucazze. Two specimens.

27. Certhia afra. (Mosambique.)

28. A variety of do.

29. Tanagra, (not described,) red bill'd Tanager. (Abyssinia.) This bird is commonly met with wherever there are droves of cattle; and is constantly seen feeding on their backs, picking out a species of grub, engendered there in hot weather, which might, but for its obliging attention, prove seriously annoying.

30. Fringilla Senegala, and a variety of the same. (Abyssinia.)

31. Fring. elegans. I.O. i. 441. (Mosambique.)

32. Fring. Benghalus. I.O. i. 461. (Abyssinia.) Common in every bush close to the houses; manners like a wren.

33. Fring. Canaria. (Mosambique.) In. Or. i. 454.

34. Musicapa Paradisi. I.O. ii. 480. brown var. (Abyssinia.)

35. mutata. var. Two specimens. (Abyssinia.) Supposed to be male and female, being found together on a fig tree at Ghella. (Rare in the country.)