120 



b'. S (id- sk. 



c'. 2 • inim. sk. 



d'. c? ad. sk. 

 e'. cf ad. sk. 

 /'. cJ ad. sk. 



ff'. (5 ad. sk. 



h'. 6 ad. sk. 



ALCEDINIDJE. 



Potchofstroom, June (jT. 



Ai/res). 

 Matenpriie Kiver, Dec. 2 [F. 



Oofes). 

 Zambesi {Dr. Mcller). 

 Zambesi. 

 Kilimanjaro. 



Taveta, Aug. 1. 



White Nile (Pethericl-). 



Gurney Coll. 



W. E. & C. G. 



Gates, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq, 



H. C. V. Hunter, 



Esa. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Subsp. a. Ceryle sharpii. 



Ceryle sharpii, Gould, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) iv. p. 271 (1869) ; 

 Sharpe, 3Iono(/r. Alced. p. 71, pi. 21 (1869) ; Beieheti. J. f. O. 

 1877, p. 20; Bocaye, Orn. Angola, pp. 98, 537 (1881) ; Sharpe i5r 

 Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, ii. p. 474 (1877). 



Adult (type of species). Head, cheeks, and ear-coverts dark slaty 

 grey, almost black ; on a few feathers of the crest a tiny white spot ; 

 back and scapulars dark slaty grey unspotted, a few of the latter 

 having a tiny white spot at the tip of the feather ; lower part of 

 back slaty grey with tiny spots of white ; wing-coverts slaty 

 grey, the lesser ones being marked with a heart-shaped spot ; 

 tail blackish grey, with small white bars and markings ; primaries 

 blackish, the inner web white at the base and having a few bands 

 of white along the web, the primaries with a deep black gloss, the 

 secondaries washed externally with slaty grey and studded with 

 small spots of white ; a line of white feathers marked with longitu- 

 dinal black spots extending from the base of the lower mandible to 

 the sides of the neck ; below this a line of black feathers from the 

 base of the lower mandible bordering the throat, which is pure white ; 

 upper part of the breast rich chestnut ; lower part of the breast, 

 entire abdomen, sides of the body, and under wing- and tail-coverts 

 grey, closely banded with white : bill black ; feet olive-brown : 

 " bill black ; feet grey ; iris dark brown " {Falhenstein) . Total length 

 14-5 inches, bill from front 3, from gape 4, wing 7"3, tail 4-2, 

 tarsus 0-35, middle toe 0-9, hind toe 0-3. 



Hah. From Gaboon to the Congo. 



fl. (S ad sk. [Gaboon.] 



b. 6 ad. sk. Gaboon [F. B. Walker : 



Sharpe Coll.). 



c. 2 ad. sk. Gaboon. 



d. 2 ad. sk. River Ogow^ (Marche 8f 



De Compiegne). 



e. S ad. sk. Kiver Ogowe. 



/. (S ad. sk. Kiver Ogow^ {Ansell). 



g. Ad. St. Kiver Congo {Tucker). 



Purchased. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



of species.) 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 M. Bouvier. 



(Type 



H. T. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



Shelley Coll. 



The Admiralty [P.]. 



