— 153 — 



The races of this Kint^fisher were reviewed by C. Grant in the 

 Ibis, iqi5, pp. 267-26C). This author recognises onlv two fornis 

 H. senegalcnsis senegalensis and H . s. cyatioleiica. He considers 

 H . $. fuscopileiis Rkichw. to be svnonvmous with H . s. cyanoleuca 

 (ViEii.i,.). Mr.W. L. Scr.ATER has more recentlv reviewed (in M. S. 

 onlv) the African Kingfishers and I propose to follovv hini in 

 recognisino- three races as foUous : The Kange given is that 

 recognised bv Mr. Sci.ater. Both his paper Ibis, 1919, p. 670 and 

 Mr. C. Grant's reniarivs in this respect Ibis, 1915, p. 268 should 

 be consulted. 



1. — Hai.cyon senegalensis senegalensis. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — •« Sénégal to S. Nigeria; also the Egvptian Sudan, 

 Uganda and interior of Kenva Colony where it intergrades with 

 H. s. cyatioleucus y> (\V. L. S. in M. S.). 



Note. — I believe that the tvpical forni also occurs in the 

 N. Belgian Congo. 



2. — Hai.cyon senegalensis fuscopii.eus. 



Halcyon senegalensis ftiscopileus Reichw., Orn. Monatsber., 

 1906, p. 171 : Vaunde, Cameroon. 



Range. — « Cameroon to N. Angola and east through Belgian 

 Congo also to Lower Nigeria and Sierra Leone where it inter- 

 grades with H. s. senegalensis » (\V. L. S. in M. S.). 



Note. — I hâve not seen anv of the intermediate e.xamples froni 

 Sierra Leone or S. Nigeria mentioned bv Mr. Scl.\ter. While 

 accepting the latter as probable (in fact, Professor Neumann 

 nianv vears ago indentified a Stuttgart Muséum skin obtained bv 

 M.^nn at Okeodan as fiiscopileiis), I am verv doubtful whether 

 fuscopileus or even an intermediate form occurs in Sierra Leone. 



