1917-] Birds from British East Africa. 401 



The Black-and-Wliite Hornbill was common at Thika, 

 but only one was seen on the Tsavo. 



Bucorvus cafer, 



Buceros carunculutus cafer Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Jiuceros, 

 1862, p. 20. 



Bucorvus cafer Reich \v. Vog. Afr. ii. 1902, p. 236. 



S . Tsavo River. 30th July. Wing 596 mm. 



Iris light yellow ; bill black ; neck wattles red ; legs 

 black. 



The Ground Hornbill was seen in the low country and 

 the highlands. I have heard them make a noise among 

 rocks which I took to be a lion roaring. 



Halcyon chelicuti. 



Alaudo chelicuti Stanley, Salt's Abyss. 1814, p. Ivi 

 [Chelicut, Al)yssinia]. 



Halcyon chelicuti C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 269. 

 ? ad. Tsavo River. 23rd July. Wing 80 mm. 



(^ ad. „ 30tli July. „ 80 mm. 



(J ad. „ 13th August. ,, 86 mm. 



The Striped Kingfisher was common and n)ostly seen in 

 dry country, feeding on insects. 



Halcyon albiventris orientalis. 



Halcyon orientalis Peters, J. f. O. 1868, p. 134 [Inham- 

 bane]. 



Halcyon albiventris orientalis Reichw. Vog. Afr. ii. 1902, 

 p. 275. 



^. Thika. 1st September. Wing 103 mm. 



cJ imm. Tsavo River, lltli August. ,, 101 mm. 



Iris (lark brown; bill and legs red. 



Halcyon leucocephala leucocepliala. 



Alcedo leucocephala P. L. S. Miiller, Linn. Syst. Nat. 

 Suppl. 1776, p. 94 [Senegal]. 



Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, 

 p. 265. 



? . Thika River. 2nd September. Wing 105 mm. 



Common. 



