266 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



Alcedo semicarulea Forskal, Deser. Anim, 1775, p. 2, 

 cannot be accepted as the first description^ as none of these 

 names are truly binomial. 



Halcyon leucocephala acteon. 



Dacelo acteon Less. Traite, 1831, p. 247 : "iles du Cap 

 Vert (San Yago) " : cf. Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, 

 p. 392. 



Of this, Halcyon erythrorhynchus Gonld (P. Z. S. 1837, 

 p. 22 : St. Jago, Cape Verde) becomes a synonym, as shown 

 both by Pucheran and Hartlaub, Journ. fur Orn. 1855, p. 423. 



Confined to the Cape Verde Islands and differs from 

 H. I. leucocephala in being slightly larger and having the 

 head and neck whiter. 



Halcyon leucocephala swainsoni. 



Halcyon swiainsoni A. Smith, S. A. Q. Journ. 1834, p. 143 : 



Interior of South Africa. 



0{ this, Halcyon pallidivent7'is Cab. (Journ. fiir Orn. 1880, 

 p. 349 : Angola) becomes a synonym. 



Belly and under wing-coverts pale ; wings and tail almost 

 pure violet. 



Range. South Africa (Transvaal, Portuguese E. Africa 

 and Rhodesia to the Zambesi; west to Angola). 



Halcyon leucocephala hyacinthina. 



H. semicarulea hyacinthina Reichw. Journ. fiir Orn. 1900, 

 p. 249 : Zanzibar. 



I have not been able to examine any specimens from 

 Zanzibar. 



Halcyon leucocephala ogilviei. 



Halcyon leucocephala ogilviei C. Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. 

 vol. XXXV. 1914, p. 28 : South Angoniland. 



Differs from H. I. leucocephala in having the wings and tail 

 coloured as in H. I. sivainsoni, and from the latter in having 

 the belly and under wing-coverts almost as dark as H. l. 

 leucocephala. 



Type. ? ad. S. Angoniland, Nyasaland. Collected 

 in October^ 1900, by Lt.-Col. Manning, 



