obtained in British East Africa. 615 



yet known come from Equatorial Africa. My impression 

 is that this form consists of adult birds, probably freshly 

 moulted into their cinnamon plumage. — R. B. S.] 



268. Ceryle rudis. 



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

 p. 109(1892) ; Reichen. J. f. 0. 1892, p. 28 (Bare; Mengo) ; 

 id, Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 130 (1894); Hartert, Ansorge^s 

 African Sun, p. 336 (1899 : Kibero and Mruli) ; Neum. 

 J. f. O. 1900, p. 215 (Tanga). 



No. 745. ? ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 9, 1897. 



269. Ceryle maxima. 



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

 p. 118 (1892) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 28 (Bukoba) ; id. 

 Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 130 (1894: Ugalla; Taweta) ; 

 Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 214 (Tanga). 



a. ? ad. Entebbe, Feb. 18, 1895. 



b. S ad. „ May 28, 1895. 



[These specimens are apparently true C. maxima, and 

 not C. sharpii, which Mr. Jackson got in the Siik country 

 (c/. Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 316).— R. B. S.] 



270. Halcyon semic.eruleus. 



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

 Mus. xvii. p. 232 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 317 (Turquel) ; 

 Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 132 (1894) ; Jackson, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 141 (Witu) ; Hartert, Ansoz'ge''s African Sun, 

 p. 335 (1899 : Kibero ; Kibwezi) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, 

 p. 216 (Manjara Lake). 



No. 398. E. Kamassia, Sept. 29, 1896. 



No. 912. Ravine, 7500 feet, March 9, 1898. 



[These examples seem to me to be inseparable from 

 Abyssinian birds. — R. B. S.] 



271. Halcyon pallidiventris. 



Halcyon pallidiventris Cab. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 235 (1892); Reichen. Vug. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 132 

 (1894: Udjidji; Ugalla River) . 



No. 1235. 2 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 24, 1898. 



