16. HALCYON. 247 



Subsp. CI. Halcyon forbesi. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Halcyon cinereifrons (nee V.), Jard. Ann. &• Man. Nat. Hist. xvii. 



p. 80(1846). -^ 



Alcedo cinereifrons [nee V.), Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 

 Stockh. 1849, p. 162 (Sierra Leone) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 32 

 (1857, pt.). -^ ' 



Halcyon mahmbica {nee Shcmi), Cms. Cat. Hale. Philad. Mus. p. 8 

 (18o2, pt. : Rio Boutry) ; Sharpe, Ihis, 1870, p. 484 (Fantee) ; 

 Shelley S,- Bueldey, Ihis, 1872, p. 286 ; Shelleij, Ibis, 1883, p. 557 

 (Shonga) ; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. vii. p. 162 (18851, viii 

 p. 249 (1886), X. p. 70 (1888); HaHert, J.f. O. 1886, p. 595 

 (Loko). 

 Dacelo cinereifrons, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 29 (1863, pt., 



Sierra Leone). 

 Halcyon dryas (wee Hartl.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 603 (Uame- 



roons). 

 Dacelo malinibica, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Revue, Alced. p. 18 (1874). 

 Adult. Similar to H. torquatus, but always much lighter in 

 colour, the- blue more intense, and the head ashy brown, darker 

 than in H. torquatus, and washed with greenish blue towards the 

 nape : " maxilla red, black at base, mandible black ; feet red ; iris 

 brown" (TF. A. Forbes). Total length 10 inches, cnlmen 2-3, 

 wing 4-4, tail 3-2, tarsus 0-6. 



^ This is a bright-coloured race of the Senegambiam H. torquatus, 

 distinguished, moreover, by having the sides of the body and imder 

 tail-coverts dusted with grey and tinged with blue. 



Hah. "West Africa from Sierra Leone to the Cameroons. 



a. Ad. sk. Cape Palmas. R Nicholson, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. River Prah, Ashantee {H F. Shelley Coll. 



Blissett). 



c. Ad. sk. Assinee {H. T. Ussher). SheUey Coll. 

 d- Ad. St. Gold Coast. Leyden Mus. 

 e. Ad. ; /. Imm. sk. Fantee. Sharpe Coll. 

 g. Ad.sk. Fantee (ff. T. Ussher). SheUey Coll. 

 h, i. Ad. sk. Cape Coast {T. E. Buckley). Shelley Coll. 

 k, I, m. Ad. sk. River Bonny (Mrs. Hyslop). Jardine Coll. 

 n. S ad. sk. Shonga, R. Niger ( W. A. F.). Forbes Coll. 

 0. Juv. sk. Cameroons. Sharpe Coll. 

 p, q. Ad. sk. Cameroons Mts., Nov. 30 {A. Sharpe Coll. 



Crossley). 



Subsp. /3. Halcyon malimbicus. (Plate VI. fig. 3.) 



Alcedo malimbica, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 66 (1811). 



Alcedo cinereifrons, Vivill. Nouv. Diet. xix. p. 403 (1818) ; id. &• 



Oud. Gal. Ois. i. pi. 187 (1825). 

 Halcyon cinereili-ons, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 79 (1846) ; Verr. Rev. et 



Mag. de Zool. 1851, p. 2G5 (Gaboon); Reichenb. Handb., Alced. 



p. 12, Taf. 400, fig. .3070 (1851) ; Hartl. Orn. Wesf-Afr. p. .32 



(1857, pt.) ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1861, p. 104 (Bembe); Layard, B. S. 



Afr. p. 64 (1807) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 90, no. 1082 (1809). 

 Halcyon malimbica, Cass. Cat. Halcyon. Phil. Mus. p. 8 (1852, pt. : 



Natal!); Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. '^282; id. Monogr. Alced. ^. 195, 



