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23. Ispidina picta (Bodd.). 

 Alcedo picta, Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 160. 



Still more common than the former and found in the 

 same localities. Specimens of this species I also found on 

 the St. John's- and Sinoe River. 



24. Ispidina leucogastr a. 



Halcyon leucog aster , Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843 , p. 4 ; id. Zool. Typ. pi. 32. 

 Ispidina leucogastra, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 35; — Sharpe , Mon. 

 Alced. pi. 50. 



Only one specimen of this species was collected on the 

 Du Queah. 



Iris black , bill and feet red. 



25. Alcedo guadribrachy s , Temm. 

 Butt. N. L. M. 1886, p. 248. 



Tolerably common on the banks of the Du Queah and 

 Farmington River. 



26, Her ops albicollis, Vieill. 



Butt. N. L. M_ 1885, p. 166; id. 1886, p. 249. 



Whole flocks of these birds found at Schiefl^elinsville , 

 but leas frequent on the Du Queah. 



27. Merops erythropterus ^ Gm. 

 Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 167; id. 1886, p. 249. 



Collected at Paynesville on the Messurado River. 



28. Merops gularis, Shaw. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 167; id. 1886, p. 249. 



Met with near Schieffelinsville and on the Du Queah , 

 but nowhere in great number. 



Notes from tlie Leyden IMuseum, "Vol. X. 



