N. Rhodesia and Katanga District of Congoland. 109 



114. Ceryle maxima. 



Ceryle maxima (Pall.) ; Reich, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 298. 

 This bird is not uncommon on the rivers in both the 

 Zambezi and Congo basins. It is very shy. 



115. CoRYTHORNIS C YAXOSTIGMA. 



Corythornis cyanostigma ( Riipp.); Neave, loc. cit. p. 31. 



No. 598. ? . L. Bangweolo, July 5, 1908. 



Bill and feet coral-scarlet ; iris brown. 



No. 712. ? . Kaluugwisi 11., Sept. 9, 1908. 



Bill and feet scarlet ; iris dark brown. 



No. 779. S juv. E. of L. Bangweolo, Oct. 17, 1908. 



Bill black; feet — upper surface brownish, lower orange-red. 



A common species, especially abundant on L. Bangweolo. 



116. TSPIDIXA NATALEXSIS. 



Ispidina natalensis (Smith) ; Reich, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 287. 

 No. 798. ? . Lulingila R., E. Bangweolo, Oct. 26, 1908. 

 Bill orange-scarlet; feet coral-red ; iris dark brown. 

 This appears to be a rare bird — iD fact, this was the only 

 specimen met with. 



117. Halcyon swainsoni. 



Halcyon swainsoni (Smith) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 31. 



No. 739. ? . Machinga Plateau, Kalungwisi district, 

 4200 ft., Sept. 19, 1908. 



Bill and feet scarlet ; iris dark brown. 



Though widely distributed, I found this little bird nowhere 

 common. The above-mentioned example was nesting in a 

 deep hole in a bank at the foot of a termite mound. 



118. Halcyon chelicuti. 



Halcyon chelicutensis (Bocage) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 32. 



Halcyon chelicuti Reich, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 271. 



No. 19. ? . Kambove, 4500 ft., Feb. 11, 1907. 



Bill — upper mandible dusky, lower scarlet ; feet and legs, 

 anterior surface reddish dusky, posterior orange-red ; iris 

 dark brown. 



This seems to be certainly the commonest of the Bush- 

 Kingfishers in this part of Africa. It is most abundant in 

 the Luangwa Valley. 



