242 ALCEDliS'lDJi. 



12. Halcyon irroratus. 



Halcyon seuegaloides (!), Sviith, S. Afr. Q. Journ. ii. p. 144 (1834) ; id. 



111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 63 (1840) ; Grcu), Gen. B. i. p. 79 (184G) ; Bp. 



Co7isp. i. p. 155 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. ^Ralc. Phil. Mus. p. 8 (1852) ; 



Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 265 (Natal) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 63 (1867) ; 



Gray, Hand-l.B.i. p. 91, no. 1088 (1869) ; Sharpe, Monorp: Alced. 



p. 187, pi. 68 (1869) ; id. ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 1 19 (1875) ; Cab. 



J.f. O. 1878, p. 235 (E. Africa); Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 566 



(Lamo, Melindi, Paugani) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1882, p. 72 (Mombasa). 

 Halcyon irrorata, Beichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 11, Taf. 400. fig. 3078, 



Taf. 401. fig. 3079 (1851) ; Cab. in Von der Decken's Beis. iii. p. 36 



(1868 : Mozambique) ; Finsch £r Hard. Voy. Ostafr. p. 159 (1870) ; 



Fischer ^- Beichen. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 255 (Mombasa) ; Fischer, t. c. 



p. 288 ; id. ^- Beichen. J.f. 0. 1879, p. 343 (Malindi) ; Bdh7n, J. f. O. 



1883, p. 172 (Zanzibar); Fischer, Zeifschr. yes. Orn. i.p. 361 (1884: 



Pangani) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 126 (Little Aruscba ; Osai River) ; 



Beichen. J.f. 0. 1889, p. 275 (Qnilimane). 

 Cancropbaga senegaloides, Bj?. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854). 

 Halcyon seuegalensis {nee L.), Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 297 (Manda 



Island). 



Adult. Similar to H. eyanoleucus, and having a greenish-blue wash 

 on the head, but distinguished by its entirely red bill ; the under 

 surface is white, with faint grey frecklings on the breast and sides 

 of body : " bill scarlet ; feet duU purplish red ; iris dark brown " 

 {Sir A. Sviith). Total length 9 inches, culmen 205, wing 3-9, tail 

 2-4, tarsus 0-55. 



Bab. East Africa, from Natal along the coast to the Zanzibar 

 district. 



«. Ad. sk. Natal. Tweeddale Coll. 



b, c. c? $ ad. ; Durban, Natal, Feb. {Gordye). Shelley Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. Zambesi. Sir John Kirk [P.]. 



/, y. Ad. sk. Lamo (-SV/- J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Pangani {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley CoU. 



k. Ad. sk. Usambara Mountains {Sir Shelley Coll. 



J. Kirk). 



I, m. Ad. sk. MeHndi {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



n, 0. 2 ad. sk. Manda Island. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



jj. Ad. sk. Mombasa. Eev. A. F. Buxton 



[P.]. 



13. Halcyon senegalensis. 



Le Grand Martin Pescheur du Senegal, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 494, pi. 40. 



fig. 1 (1760). 

 Alcedo senegalensis, Li7in. Syst. Nat. i. p. 180 (1766) ; Gm. Syst, Nat. 



i. p. 455 (1788) ; Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. i. p. 283 (1823). 

 Martin-pecheur a tete grise de Senegal, Daubent. PL Enl. viii, 



pi. 594. 

 Le Martin pecheur a tete gi'ise. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 194 



(1780). 

 Crab-eating Kingfisher, vai'. A, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 'J, p. 618 



(1782). 



