ALCEDINID^. 

 Measurements of a male and a female : — 



70. Halcyon semicsendea (Forsk.). African White-headed King- 

 fisher. 



Halcyon Swainsonit, Layard's Cat. No. 100. 

 Halcyon semiccerulea, Sharpe's Alcedinidse, pi. 63. 

 „ „ Sharpe's Cat. No. 59. 



[This species is not mentioned in Mr. Andersson's MS. notes; 

 but a single immature specimen obtained in Ondonga^ Ovampo 

 Land, formed part of his last collection, and is now in the 

 possession of Mr. R. B. Sharpe, who refers to it, in his excellent 

 ' Monograph of the Kingfishers/ as the most southern example 

 of this species with which he is acquainted. — Ed.] 



71. Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanl.). Striped Kingfisher. 



Halcyon damarensis, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Oru. 



1852, p. 153. 

 Halcyon striolata, Layard's Cat. No. 102. 



Halcyon damarensis, Chapman's Travels in S. Afi-., App. p. 409. 

 Halcyon chelicutensis, Sharpe's Alcedinidse, pi. 67. 

 „ „ Sharpe's Cat. No. 62. 



This Kingfisher is very sparingly met with in Damara 

 Land and the parts adjacent to the northward; it is 

 partial to localities where the vegetation has been de- 

 stroyed or partially injured by fire; and it selects, if 

 possible, a low dry branch on an isolated tree, where it 

 watches by the hour for its prey ; this, as far as I could 

 ascertain, consists of insects, which it generally seizes on 

 the wing. 



