— 105 — 



V. Someren: J. E. Afr. Ug. N. H. Soc, vol. IV, 1914, p. 95. — Halcyon 

 scmicoeruleus semicocruleus Forsk. — Zedlitz: Journ, f. Orn., 1915, p. 28. 



Kierindi . . . ki-kavirondo. 

 ] (5 ad. 18. 8. Kisumu. — 1 (5 ad. 23. 8. Kendu. 



Neumann calls this sub-species H. semicoeruleus centralis 

 (Journ. f. Ornithol., 1905, p. 189) and gives as the characteristic: 

 "Das Blau ist ein reines Turkisblau". The other three sub-species, 

 which the same writer confirms, are distinguished from the above 

 by the different tint of the blue. 



Grant (Ibis, 1915, p. 265) however considers Neumann's H. s. 

 centralis as a synonym of H. I. leucocephala and even lets 

 H. rufiventer Sw. be identical with it. 



v. Someren has (Journ. East Africa and Uganda Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. vol. IV, 1914, p. 95) given a picture of this bird, which 

 agrees perfectly with one of my specimens from Victoria Nyanza. 

 But he briefly calls it Halcyon semicoeruleus. 



Wing 102 mm., tarsus 14 mm., bill 44 mm. 



The other specimen is in moult and has a dark-grey crown 

 and the nape streaked with brown. 



Wing 104 mm, culmen 43 mm., tarsus 15 mm. 



Irides brown; bill and legs coral-red. 



Corythornis cristata galerita St. Mull. - Rchw. II. p. 289. 



Corythornis cyanostigma (Rvipp.). — Eeichenow: Vog. Afr. p. 289. — 

 V. Someren: Ibis, 1915, p. 246. — Butler: Ibis, 1909, p. 86. - Chubb: 

 Ibis, 1909, p. 150. - Gurney: Ibis, 1909, p. 512. - Neave: Ibis, 1910, 

 p. 109. — Grant: P. Z. S., 1910, p. 439. — Corythornis cristata L. — 

 Grant: Ibis, 1916, p. 263. — Corythornis cristata cyanostigma. — 

 Zedlitz: J. f. 0., 1910, p. 767. - J. f. 0., 1915, p. 29. - Grote: J. f. 0., 

 1921, p. 419. — Hartert: Nov. Zool., XXII, 1915, p. 257. — Corythornis 

 cristata galerita St. Mvill, — Neumann: Orn. Monatsber., 1915, p. 157. 

 Kililio . . . ki-kamba. — Otidanga . . . ki-kavirondo. 



2 (5(5 20. 4.; 1 Q 20. 4.; 2 (3(5 23.4. Lake Naiwasha. — 2 (5(5 21. 8. Kendu 



(Victoria Nyanza). 



Neumann (Orn. Monatsber., 1915, p. 155—157) has in a 

 very thorough and excellent manner analysed the questions of 

 nomenclature for this bird and its "form-circle", and he distin- 

 gushes four geographical forms. 



Corythornis cristata cristata h. — Range: Madagascar a. Comoren. 

 Corythornis cristata galerita St. Mull. — Range: Tropical Africa. 

 Corythornis cristata nais Kaup. — Range: Prince-Islands. 

 Corythornis cristata thomensis Savad. — Range: St. Thome. 



Grant (Ibis, 1916, p. 263—264) also deals with the same 

 questions but arrives at a somewhat different conclusion from, 

 Neumann's. 



This beautiful, little Kingfisher was very common in the 

 reeds and around the shores of Lake Naiwasha. Also at Kendu 

 the bird was common. There is. no note-worthy difference be- 



