244 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a Collection of 



36. Alcedo semitorquata. Swains. 

 Mashoona, September and October. 



Seen, but not procured. This species was common on the 

 Umvuli river. 



37. CORYTHORNIS CYANOSTIGMA (Riipp.) . 



(2) Mooi river, 3rd May, and Quae Quae river, 23rd 

 October. Matabele name '' Intaugaza.^^ 



Numerous on the Mooi river, and not uncommon on all 

 the streams we passed up to the Umvuli. 



38. Ceryle rudis (Linn.). 



(97) Umswezwic river, 14th October. 

 Often seen on the UmA'uli, in fact common on all the 

 rivers of Mashoona land. 



39. Ceryle maxima (Pall.). 

 Mashoona, September and October. 



Although Ave occasionally saw this species, it was by no 

 means common in any part of the country. 



40. Halcyon semic^rulea (Forsk.), 



(91) ? 2nd, ^ 6th October, Umvuli river ; cJ , Tatin river, 

 13th December. Iris umber-brown. 



A very scarce bird near the Umvuli. On the 2nd of 

 October a pair were met with among the trees on the banks 

 of a small tributary. On the 6th I met with a fine solitary 

 cock bird perched on the dead bough of a tree close to the 

 river. The only other specimen we saw was the young bird 

 we shot on the Tatin river. 



41. Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanley). 



(5) $ , Umvuli river, 14tli August. Iris umber-brown ; 

 bill scarlet, with the culmen and the tip more or less dusky 

 brown ; tarsi and feet light red. 



Not at all uncommon about the trees in the neighbour- 

 hood of the river and in the adjacent rocky hills, Avhere its 

 loud chattering note soon attracts attention. I have seen as 

 many as four or five together; but the bird is generally a 

 more solitary one. 



