from JVitu, British East Africa. 141 



38. Halcyon sEMiCiERULEus. 



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

 Mus. xvii. p. 232 (1892) ; Reiclien. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. 

 p. 132 (189i) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 117 (1896). 

 No. 46, S ad. Witii, June 16, 1891. — Iris brown; legs 



coral-red ; bill coral-red. 

 No. 51, 6 ad. Witu, June 18, 1891. 



39. Bycanistes buccinator. 



Bycanistes buccinator (Temm.) ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 421 (1892) ; Reiclien. Vog. Deutscli-Ost- 

 Afr. p. 127 (1894); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 113 (1896). 

 Nos. 5, 6, S ad. Witu, Nov. 12, 1891.— Skin round the 

 eye purplish. 



40. Tachornis parva. 



Tachornis parva (Licht.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvi. p. 463 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 106 (1896). 

 No. 49, juv. Witu. 



41. Strix flammea. 



Strix flammea Linn. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 535 ; 

 Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 98 (1891) ; Shelley, 

 B. Africa, p. 141 (1896). 

 No. 9, 6 ad. Witu, Nov. 15, 1891. 



42. ACCIPITER MINULLUS. 



Accipiter minullus (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 140 (1874) ; Reiclien. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 88 

 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 152 (1896). 

 No. ], S juv. Witu, May 3, 1891. Iris bright yellow; 

 cere yellow ; bill black ; legs yellow, claws black. 



43. Ardetta minuta. 



Ardetta minuta (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 222; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 158 (1895). 

 No. 22, 6 ad. Witu, May 12, 1891. — Iris orange; upper 

 mandible dusky, lower one greenish yellow ; legs dull 

 greenish yellow. 

 [This specimen seems to me to be undoubtedly the Little 

 Bittern of Europe, and not A. podicipes. — R. B. S.] 



