from Somaliland and Southeryi Abyssinia. 317 



a. S . Mendi, Abyssinia, 1 April, 1899. (No. 467.) 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs bright red. 



215. Halcyon sEMiCiERULEA. 



Halcyon semicarulaa (Forskal) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvii. p. 232 (1892) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 497. 



a. S • Ganti, Abyssinia, 30 March, 1899. (No. 465.) 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs red. 



216. Halcyon chelicutensis. 



Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanley) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvii. p. 239 (1892) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 497; Hawker, 

 Ibis, 1899, p. 76. 



a. ?. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. (No. 

 228.) 



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

 331.) 



c. ? . Didesa, Abyssinia, 21 March, 1899. (No. 434.) 



d. ? . Sati, Abyssinia, 30 March, 1899. (No. 462.) 

 Iris brown ; upper maiidible dark, lower red ; legs in a, 



brown, in b, c, and d dull red. 



217. CORACIAS ABYSSINICUS. 



Coracias abyssinicus Bodd. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 19 (1892). 



a. S ' Kassim river, 19 January, 1899. (No. 233.) 



b, c, d, e. ? c? c? c? • Ticka Tcheeka, Abyssinia, 22 Feb- 

 ruary, 1899. (Nos. 358, 359, 360, 361.) 



f.' S- Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 410.) 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull yellow. 

 [This Roller was to be met with in every valley of 

 Shoa.— L.] 



218. CORACIAS LORTI. 



Coracias lorti Shelley ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 20 (1892) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 496 ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1898, p. 416. 



a. S ' Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No. 8.) 



Iris brown; bill black; legs horn. 



SER. VII. VOL. YI. 55 



