316 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



I have again compared specimens of L. medianus Sharpe 

 with typical examples of L. erythrorhynchus Temm., from 

 Senegal, and can find no difference between the two in 

 either plumage or size. 



a. (S . Kussim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. (No. 

 231.) 



Iris brown ; bill red-brown ; legs black. 



210. Bycanistes cristatus. 



Bycanistes cristatus (Riipp.) ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



xvii. p. 417 (1892). 



a. S • Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 396.) 

 Iris brown ; bill dusky ; casque dirty ivory-white ; legs 



black. 



211. Ceryle rudis. 



Ceryle rudis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 109 (1892); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 496. 



a. ? . Akake, Abyssinia, 24 January, 1899. (No. 275.) 



b. S' Roseires, Blue Nile, 19 May, 1899. (No. 516.) 

 Iris brown; bill and legs black. 



212. Ceryle maxiiMa. 



Ceryle maxima (PqW.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 118 (189.2). 



a. S' Philwaha, Abyssinia, 16 February, 1899. (No. 

 324.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



213. Alcedo semitorquata. 



Alcedo semitorquata Swains. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 153 (1892). 



a. ? . Telagubaie, Abyssinia, 17 February, 1899. (No. 

 330.) 



Iris brown ; bill black, lower njandible red at base ; legs 

 bright red. 



214. CORYTHORNIS CYANOSTIG.M A. 



Corythornis cyanostigma (Riipp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvii. p. 163 (1892). 



