16. HALCVON. 243 



^ A^dTf S&-^'''/T^''' P- 2^", (1831) ; &'M Mas. Pays-Bas, 



Afri p.'ig/asS)'. ■ '"'' P- '^ ^^^'^^ ' ^'"^'- Orn.N.0.1 



Ha%on semg^enns, Swains. B. W.Afr.ii.-p.QT (1837) : Jard Am> 



ii4^.in^>-:f^f^: ^!f^'-;.^:^^.^-.P-i3 (184^; Guer. 

 i. p. 1 



Beicht „,„. ^. J 



P/^^7. ilf?«. p. 8 (1852 

 Orn. W.-A. ' 

 (Caiuma Ri 



^■f- ^-Jif^', P- l^i^, (l^a^eli) ; 'S'c/. P. ^. -S'. 1864, p. Ill (Menino-a • 

 Antm.Caf rkscr. Ucc. p. 28 (1864) ; ITartm. J.f. O. 1866 p\l •' 

 Gray Haml-l. B. i. p. 90, no. 1081 (1869) • Shcrve P7^'{Sm 



^/r/^ 3/?.* (2) 11. Bull. p. 79 (1879: Doume) • Hart Ahluunji 

 np Ter. Bremen, vii. p. {lO (i^l : Lado) ; A'/^^i ■ i -bGes 



Tanganyika Lualaba) ; Beichen. t. c. p. 300 Manyrno-a) p .307 

 (Camerooni}. ^^^^umbella) j Eeichen. J.f. 0. 1890, p. 11(J 



Cancrophaga senegalensis, T;"^;. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1864) 

 Halcyon cancrophaga {nee Lath.), Hmujl. Sysi. Vebers.ry. 18 (1856) 

 Hakyon cyanoleuca («ec V.), Sharpe, Journ. Linn, ^oc.^'l^ p Ss 



Adult male. Head biwvn, as also the mantle, but the latter a little 

 washed with greenish blue; the back, scapd;rs, rump, a J i mper 

 tail-coverts bnght greenish cobalt; wing-coverts black ; aTe'v 

 exterior median coverts, bastard-wing, and primary-coverts bri<St 

 greenish cobalt as well as the quiUs exterLllv, the latter back 

 towards the ends and having a white patch on the inner web ,- tail- 

 feathers greenish blue with black shafts, all but the centr^ ones 

 bla kish along thear inner web; lores blackish, surmounted by a 

 white eyestreak, which extends from the base of the nostril to above 

 the ear-coverts where it becomes ashy ; sides of face and ear-cove7ts 

 a.hy grey hnely dusted with dusky vermiculations, like the skies of 

 the neck, breast, and sides of body, all these parts' also showtg a 

 slight greenish lustre under certain lights ; anterior part of Teeks 

 throat, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts whit^ as also 



