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Collected along the Marfa River. — In its habits it re- 

 sembles our Alcedo ispida. 



Iris dark brown , bill and feet coral-red. 



Alcedo picta. 



Todus pictus , Bodd. Tabl. des PL Enl. p. 49. 



Alcedo picta, Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 81, pi. 28. 



Alcedo cyatiotis, (Sw.) Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 35. 



Alcedo picta, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Rev. Alced. p. 8. 



Ispidina picta, Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 51. 



Hab. West Africa, from the Senegal to Angola; N. E. 

 Africa. 



Collected along the St. Paul and near the Fisherman Lake. 



This fine species is not exclusively found along the wa- 

 ter, as we got it also in farms, where it seems to feed 

 upon insects. 



Iris black , bill and feet coral-red. 



Ceryle maxima. 



Alcedo maxima , Pall. Spic. Zool. fase. IV , p. 14. 



Ceryle maxima , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 37. 



Alcedo maxima, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Rev. Alced. p. 1. 



Ceryle maxima , Sharpe , Mon. Alced. pi. 20. 



Hab. Whole of Africa. 



Not rare round the Fisherman Lake and along the 

 Marfa River , especially in the estuary of the latter , where 

 the Mangrove- vegetation prevails. There it can be seen 

 seated on an overhanging branch about 1 to 20 feet above 

 the water, from where it plunges with a tremendous power 

 into the water after some fish. The nests of this species 

 were found in the banks of the Marfa River. They con- 

 tained , at the end of December, two pure white eggs of 

 the well-known shape of Kingfishers eggs, which measured 

 4,4 cm. in length and 3,5 cm. in width. 



Iris dark brown , bill and feet black. 



Notes from the Leyden iMuseum, Vol. VII. 



