268 Mr, C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



The range of the two races appears to be as follows : — 



Halcyon senegalexsis senegalensis. 



Alcedo senegalensis Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. 1766, p. 180: 

 Senegal. 



Head ashy-grey in adults ; rest of upper parts varying in 

 colour according to light, but always somewhat darker than 

 H. s. cyanoleuca. 



Young much darker than adults ; head washed with blue; 

 bill practically black ; below with vermiculations. 



Immature birds with almost, or quite, fully-coloured bills 

 have the head still washed with blue. 



Range. Senegal, south to Cameroon, and north Angola 

 east to French Congo and north-east and east Africa. 



One specimen from Fernando Po in the National Collec- 

 tion appears to belong to this race, and only differs from 

 mainland birds in lacking the dusky tip to the upper 

 mandible. 



Halcyon senegalensis cyanoleuca. 



Alcedo cyanoleuca Vieill. op. cit. 



Blue of the back extending over the head in all ages. 

 Superciliaries white ; black round eye extending back- 

 wards over the ear-coverts. This latter character, though 

 constant in this race, is found in individuals of the other 

 race. 



The young bird is altogether paler than the young of 

 H, s. senegalensis, and has a distinct superciliary streak and 

 black line over the ear-coverts. 



Range. Zululand and Transvaal, through Matabelelaud 

 to Damaraland and south Angola, eastwards to east Africa, 

 where it runs into and apparently interbreeds with H. s. 

 senegalensis. 



The other names that have been given to this Kingfisher 

 are : — 



Halcyon senegalensis fuscopileus Reichw. (Orn. Monatsb. 

 1906, p. 171 : Jauude, Cameroon). 



Halcyon senegalensis superjlua C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 

 vol. XXXV. 1914, p. 28 : Limpopo River. Wing given as 

 111 mm. 



