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/. Imm. sk. George (//. Atniore). Sliarpe Coll. 



m, n. S ? ad. st. Elands Post, S.E. Africa, June Shelley Coll. 



(T. C. Atmore). 



o. Ad. sk. Durban, March 21 (G. E. S.). Rhellev Coll. 



p. Ad. sk. Pinetown, March 14 (G. E. S.). Shelley Coll. 



y, r. Ad. sk. Zidu-Land (iSwyV). Shelley Coll. 



s,t. S 2 ad. sk. Transvaal, July (T. E. Bucldnj). Shelley Coll. 



«<. cJad. sk. Transvaal (r. ^j/;-e«). Shelley Coll. 



V. (5 imm. sk. Rustenburg, Aug. 27 {T. Ayres). Gurney Coll. 



a. Pale race. 



w, X. (S ? ad. sk. Swazi-Land, July {T. E. Buck- Shelley Coll. 



ley). 



y,z,a . S ad. .sk. Transvaal (T. Ayres). Sharpe Coll. 



b'. S ad. sk. Crocodile River, July {F. Oates). W. E. & C. G. 



Gates, Esqrs. 



c'-f. Ad. sk. Makalaka Country {Dr. Brad- Shelley Coll. 



show). 



10. Halcyon orientalis. 



Halcyon orientalis, Peters, J. f. O. 1878, p. 1.34 (Mozambique) ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 91, no. 1094 (1809) : Sharpe, Monoqr. Alced. 

 p. 181, pi. 66 (18G9) ; Finsch ^ Hartl. Voff. Ostafr. p. 162 (1870) ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. pp. 116, 807 (1875) ; /(/. Sf Boui-ier, 

 Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 303 (1876: Landaiia) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 

 1877, p. 20 (Loango) : Fischer (§• Reichen. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 255 ; 

 Fischer, t. c. p. 288 ; id. J. f. 0. 1879, p. 293 : Bocage, Orn. Angola, 

 p. 538 (1881 : Caconda) ;' Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 567 (Lamo) ; 

 Gurtmj, Ibis, 1881, p. 124 (Mombasa) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 302 

 (Rovuma River) ; Bohtn, J. f. O. 1883, p. 172 (Kirosa) ; Fischer, 

 Zeitschr. ges. Or>i'. i. p. 361 (1884 : Pangani) ; Shellei/, P. Z. S. 1885, 

 p. 223 (Kilimanjaro) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 126 (Osi Delta) ; 

 Matschie, J.f. 6. 1887, p. 151 (Qwa Mpasa) ; Reichen. t. c. p. 300 

 (Manyanga), p. 304 (Leopoldville) ; Souza, Jorn. Lish. (2) i. p. 43 

 (1889 : Angola) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1889, p. 279 (Mbusini, Usegua, 

 Quilimane). 



Pagurothera orientalis, Cab. in Von der Dechen's Reis. iii. p. 36 (1869 : 

 Mombasa) ; id. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 235 (Mombasa coast) ; Schaloiv, 

 J.f. O. 1883, p. 350 (Kirosa). 



Adult male. Similar to H. aJhlventris, but much whiter below, with 

 only a little tinge of pale ochreons buff on the sides of the body and 

 under tail-coverts ; stripes on the flanks and breast faintly marked 

 or entirely absent : " bill red ; feet coral-red ; iris reddish brown '' 

 (C. A. Fischer). Total length 8 inches, culmen 1"7, wing 3-55, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in the same way that the 

 hen of //. (dbiventris differs from its male, viz. in the browner back 

 and head, and the greener colour of the blue on the back, wings, 

 and tail. Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-7, wing 3-85, tail 2-4, 

 tarsus 0'5. 



Hab. Eastern Africa, from Mombasa to the interior. Re-occurring 

 on the West Coast in the Congo region. 



