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29. Coracias c a u d a t a , Linn. 



Ck)racias caudata, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 104; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. 

 p. 84. 



Adult male and female, 12 February, Humpata. 

 Iris light brown , bill black , feet yellow. — Contents of 

 stomach: Insects. 



30. Coracias spatulata, Trimen. • 



Coracias spatulata, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 536; — Sharpe, Birds S. 

 Afr. p. 805. 



Three specimens , February and March , in a forest near 

 the Kasinga River. 



Iris dark brown, bill black, feet yellow. 



31. Corijthornis cyanostigma (Rüpp.), 



Corythornis cyanostigma, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 108; — Boc. 

 Orn. d'Ang. p. 96. 



Two specimens , Mossamedes and Humpata. 



32. Halcyon orien talis, Peters. 



Halcyon orientalis, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 116; — Boc. Orn. 

 d'Ang. p. 538. 



An adult female, 6 April, Muhino (Huilla). 



Iris dark brown , bill red , black-tipped ,- feet red. 



33. Halcyon ch elicut en s i s (Stanley). 



Halcyon chelicutensis , Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 117; — Boc. Oi'n. 

 d'Ang. p. 101. 



Three females, two of which from the Kasinga River, 

 16 April, and one from the Umbella River, 10 December. 



34. Halcyon cyanolexica (Vieill.). 



Halcyon cyanoleuca, Sharpe, Birds' S. Afr. p. 120; — Boc. Orn. 

 d'Ang. p. 100. 



Notes from the Leyden Museizm, Vol. X. 



