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26. Halcyon Dryas, Hartlaub. 



Halcyon Dryas, Hartl. Cab. Jour. 1854, p. 2. 

 Von Muller, Beitr. Orn. Afr., pi. 11. 



Perhaps the most handsome species of Kingfisher of Western Africa, and of 

 the same group as H. cinereifrons. From the Camma river. 



27. Halcyon badia, Verreaux. 



Halcyon badia, J. & E. Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 264. 

 From the Ogobai. 



28. Alcedo quadribrachys, Bonaparte. 



"Alcedo quadribrachys, Temm." Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 158. 

 Jard. Contr. Orn., 1851, pi. 79. 

 From the Camma. 



29. Corythornis ceruleocephala, (Gmelin.) 



Alcedo cseruleocephala, 6m. Syst. Nat. i. p. 449 (1788.) 

 Quite identical with specimens from Southern Africa. From the Camma. 



30. Ceryle rddis, (Limueus.) 



Alcedo rudis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 181. 

 Ispida bicincta, Swains. B. of W. Afr. ii. p. 95. 

 From the Camma and Ogobai. 



31. Merops variegatus, Vieillot. 



Merops variegatus, Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 390. 



Merops cyanipectus, Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 269. 

 Le Vaill. Guep., pi. 7. 

 Evidently an abundant species on the Camma and Ogobai rivers. 



32. Merops albicollis, Vieillot. 



Merops albicollis, Vieill. 



Merops Cuvieri, Licht. Verz. p. 13. 

 Le Vaill. Guep., pi. 9. 



Rarely received in Mr. Duchaillu's collections, and seems to be more numerous 

 further north. From the Ogobai. 



33. Merops bicolor, Daudin. 



Merops bicolor, Daud., Ann. du Mus., ii. p. 440, pi. 62, fig. 1. 



Merops malimbus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. xvii. pi. 701. 

 Vieill. Gal. i. pi. 186. Le Vaill. Guep., pi. 5, 



Frequently received in Mr. Duchaillu's collections. From the Camma and 

 Rembo rivers. 



34. Meropogon Breweri, nobis. 



Large, bill compressed, curved, wings rather short, fourth quill longest, first 

 quill short, tail rather long, the two in the middle much the longest and at- 

 tenuated at the end, others truncate or emarginate at the tips, all the second- 

 ary quills emarginate at the tips, feathers of the throat and neck in front 

 somewhat lengthened. Total length about 13^ inches, wing 4|, tail 7^, bill 

 from corner of mouth direct to tip of upper mandible 2 inches, middle tail 

 feathers 7 J, outer 4^ inches. 



Head glossy black, back, wings and middle tail feathers green, under parts 

 fine reddish fulvous with a tinge of green, a transverse band of chestnut on 

 the breast immediately below the long black feathers of the neck. Quills 

 green, inner edges of primaries black, of secondaries rufous, tail feathers (ex- 

 cept two in the middle) fine dark chestnut, and tipped with green. Bill black, 

 feet light colored. 



Hab. Ogobai river, a branch of the Camma river, Western Africa. Dis- 

 covered by Mr. P. B. Duchaillu. 



This very handsome bird seems to belong to the genus Meropogon, Bonap. 

 Consp. Av. i. p. 164, being in fact a large Mellitophagus, with the feathers of 

 the throat and neck lengthened, though not so distinctly as in Nyctiornis. It 



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