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Adult male and female from Paynesville , having nearly 

 assumed their breeding plumage, both collected April 4 th - 

 They have the front , chin and throat deep rufous , while 

 the rest of the lower surface is pale fulvous, under wing- 

 and tail-coverts much darker so. 



A re-examination of the specimen , mentioned as H. 

 lucida, I.e., shows that it is H. rustica in winter plumage, 

 with fulvous forehead and throat, a dull blackish pectoral 

 band , and the rest of lower surface , inch the under wing- 

 and tail-coverts, pure white. 



12. Eury stomus afer (Lath.). 



One specimen, Gallilee Mountain. 



13. Halcyon senegalensis (Linn.). 

 One specimen, Schieffelinsville. 



14. Halcyon semicoerulea (Forsk.). 

 Adult male, Paynesville. 



15. Ceryle maxima (Pall.). 

 Adult female, Farmington River. 



16. Ispidina picla (Bodd.). 

 One specimen, Mount Olive. 



17. Ispidina leucog astra (Fras.). 

 One specimen , Farmington River. 



18. Alee do quadribrachys, Bp. (ex Temm. MS.). 

 One specimen , Mount Olive (Farmington River). 



* 19. Merops superciliosus , Linn, 



Merops savignyi, Hartl. Om. W. Af'r. p. 38. 

 Merops aegyptius, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Merops, p. 2. 



Two specimens, Mount Olive and Schieffelinsville. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , "Vol. XI. 



