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40. Coraoias abyssinicus Boild. 

 <S f (xambaga, January 1899. " Iris lirown." '-^ 



41. Eurystomus afer (Lath.). 

 d ail. Gambaga, 16. 4. 1898, ? juv. Gambaga, 20. 10. 1888. 



ALCEDINIDAE. 

 42. Corylhornis cyanostigma (Rtipp.j. 

 <S Gambaga, 23. 11. 1898. " Iris browu." 



43. Ispidina picta (Bodd.). 

 ? Gambaga, IT. 9. 1898. "Iris brown." 



44. Halcyon chelicuti (StanL). 

 ¥ ? Gambaga, June and March. 



46. Halcyon semicaeriilea (Forsk.). 



(J ? ad. Gambaga, 4. 11 and 10. 4, 1898. " Iris brown." 

 cfjuv. Mushi, 1. 7. 1898. 



46. Halcyon torquata forbesi Sharpe. 



t? ? of this interesting subspecies of //. torquata were shot at Gambaga in 

 December 1898. Their iris was brown. The brighter and more extended bine 

 colour on the chest and the greyish blue wash on the flanks and under tail-coverts 

 separate this form from H. torquata torqtiata. Our female is a little smaller than 

 our male. Wing of S 124, of ? 121 mm. In the Catalogue of Birds the distribu- 

 tion of H. t. forbesi is given as " West Africa from Sierra Leone to the C'ameroons," 

 that of H. torquata torquata as "Senegambia" alone; while farther south, from 

 Gaboon to Angola, we meet with H. torquata malimhica. 



MEROPIDAE. 

 47. Merops nubicus Gm. 

 i ad. Gambaga, 12. 1. 1898. " Iris red." 



48. Merops buUocki Vicill, 



S ? Gambaga, February and August Is'.ts. " Iris brown." 



49. Merops albicoUis Vieill. 



? Gold Coast, near Koranza, 17. 4. 1899. " Iris red" 



50. Merops pusillus P. L. S. Miiil. 

 $ ? Gambaga, July and August 1898. " Iris red." 



