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Ceryle rudis. 



Alcedo rudis, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 181. 



Ceryle rudis, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 37; — Sharpe, 

 Mon. Alced. pi. 19; — Boc. Orn. d'Angola, p. 97. 



Alcedo rudis, Scbl. Mus. P.-B., Revue Alced. p. 1. 



Hab. The whole of Africa , South of Europe and of Asia. 



Plentiful in the Cape Mount Country, especially near 

 the mouth of the Marfa River. A large series of adult and 

 young specimens collected. 



This bird is frequently seen hovering for a minute or 

 two in a height of about 30 feet , and plunges , after having 

 espied a little fish or the like , with great rapidity into the 

 water. 



The nest-holes of this species are found in great num- 

 ber in the clay banks of the Marfa River, not far from 

 its mouth. The eggs , commonly three to six in number , 

 are not different in form and color from those of C. maxima , 

 but much smaller, the axis being 2,9 cm., the diameter 

 2,3 cm. All the nestlings I collected had but one black 

 band across the chest. 



Iris dark brown , bill and feet black. 



Haley on seneg alensis. 



Alcedo seneg alensis , Linn. Syst. Nat. L p. 180. 



Halcyon senegalensis , Hartl. Oru. W. Afr. p. 31 ; 

 Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 70. 



Dacelo senegalensis (part.), Schl. Mus. P.-B., Revue Alced. 

 p. 21. 



Hab. Tropical and Southern Africa. 



Several specimens collected on the banks of the St. Paul 

 and in the Country of Grand Cape Mount. 



Iris black, upper mandible coral-red, lower mandible 

 black , feet brown , soles red. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseutn , "Vol . "VII. 



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