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pi. 72 (1870) ; id. eel LaijarcVs B. S. Afr. pp. 121, 808 ( 1875-84) 

 Socage, Orn. Angola, p. 102 (1877) ; Oust. Nouv. Arch. Mus. (2) 

 ii. Bull p. 80 (1879 : Doimii?) ; Sharpe, Jonrn. Linn, Soc, Zool xvii. 

 p. 435 (1884 : Niam Niam). 



Cancropliaga malimbica, Bp. Cons}). Valuer. Anis. p, 9 (1854). 



Cancrophaga cinereifrons, Bj). t. c. p. 9 (1854). 



Halcyon cjauescens, Cah. S)- Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 103 (Loango). 



Adult. Similar to H. torquatus and H. forbesi, but still more 

 brilliant than the latter, and having the entire crown washed with 

 blue, the forehead alone being dusky brown ; the blue on the breast 

 especially brilliant : upper mandible vermilion, black at the base 

 and towards the tip ; lower mandible jet-black ; feet red. Total 

 length 10 inches, culmen 2*2, wing 4-4, tail 3, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. West Africa from Gaboon to Angola, and extending to 

 Niam-Niam. 



a. Ad. sk. Gaboon. 



b. Ad. sk. Gaboon. 



r. Ad. sk. Gaboon {A. Marche). 



d. Ad. sk. Gaboon. 



e. Ad. sk. Gaboon. 



/, q. Ad. sk. Semmio, Niam-Niam Country, 



Feb., May. 



h. Ad. sk. Bembe, Angola. 



Purchased. 



Gould Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Purchased. 



F. Bohndorff [C.]. 



Monteiro Coll. 



16. Halcyon dryas. 



Halcyon dryas, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1854, p. 2 (S. Thomas) ; MiiU. Beitr. 



Orn. pi. 11 (1854) ; Terr. Rev. et May. de Zool. 185.5, p. 272 ; 



Hartl Orn. W.-Afr. p. 32 (1857); Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 



18.59, p. 34 (R. Camma); HartlJ.f. 0. 1861, p. 104; Keulema7is, 



Nat. Tijdschr. iii. p. 376 (1866); Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 325 



(Prince's Isl.) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 90, no. 1087 (1869) ; Sharpe, 



Monogr. Alced. p. 193, pi. 71 (1868). 

 Cancrophaga dryas, Bp. t'onsp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854). 

 Dacelo dryas, Schl. Mvs. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 30 (1863) ; id. Revue, 



p. 20 (1874). 



Achtlt. Similar to H. torquatus and its allies, but a much larger 

 and stouter bird : the head dark brown, the green more of a verditer 

 tint, and the whole of the abdomen, flanks, and under tail-covei'ts 

 grevish with a slight green tinge. Total length 11 inches, culmen 2, 

 wing 4-9, tail 3-5, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. West Africa, Gaboon, and the islands of the Bight of 

 Benin. 



a. Imm. st. 



b, c. cj ad. ; 

 imm. sk. 



e. S ad. sk. 

 /. Ad.sk. 

 g. Imm. sk. 

 h. Imm. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 



St. Thomas'. Purchased. 



d.S Prince's Island (-Z>;". Z)6i/»-m). Sharpe Coll. 



Prince's Island. Jardine Coll. 



Prince's Island (Ingall). Shelley Coll. 



Fernando Po. L. Fraser [C.]. 



Fernando P(j (i. Fraser). Gould Coll. 



Elobe district, Gaboon. H. T. Ansell, 



[P.]. 



