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108. ('ecyle iiiiixinia Pall. 



1 5 Kasindi, Aug. 1913. Irisli ;>greyish blue>. 



109. Ceryle riidis L. 



2 $$ Kabaré at Lake Albert Edward; 1 J, 2 $$ ibid., 

 June 1913. 3 specimens from Kasindi near Lake Albert 

 Edward, Aug. 1913. 



110. Melittophag:us mulleri Cass. 



J"$ Jan. 1914, Beni; I ^ July— Aug. 1914, ibid. AU 

 tiiese specimens represent stage II of Reichenow's descrip- 

 tion of the colour of pluraage (Vögel Afrikas II, p. 314). In 

 the memoir »Dle Vogelfauna des Mittelafrikanischen Seen- 

 gebietes» p. 291 the same author records a single specimen, 

 also from Beni, and points out that the species up to that 

 time only was known from Cameroon and Gaboon but Sassi 

 has låter on recieved several specimens from Beni, all in the 

 same stage of plumage. As Arrhenius has collected spe- 

 cimens at Beni as well in January as in July — August it 

 appears evident that this Bee-eater is a resident of the place 

 mentioned. 



111. Melittopliagus meridioualis Sharpe. 



2 specimens from Kasindi; 1 c? from Rutshuru -^/t 1914. 

 Iris »carmine». 



112. Melittophagus variegatus Vieill. 



J^, $ Rutshuru ^8/ö 1914; 1 ? ibid. ^7?. 3 unsexed spe- 

 cimens. Iris »crimson lake». 



113. Aerops albicollis Vieill. 



J^J Rutshuru; 1 unsexed specimen. Iris »red»>. 



The length of wing of these specimens is resp. 99; 98; 95 

 mm. They belong thus lo the smaller typical western race. 

 Reichenow records »die langfliigelige Form» from the Lake 

 district. Sassi has found that among 37 specimens from 



