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I would certaiiilv naine ail Sierra Leone speciinens H. senega- 

 Ictisis sctiegaletisis. 



3. — HaIXVDN SENKdAl.KNSIS CVANUI.lilClS. 



Alccdo cyanoleuca Vikii.i,., N. Dict. d'Hist. nal., \I\, 1818, 

 p. 401 : Angola. 



Range. — « S. Angola and Xvasaland to the Transvaal and 

 Zulnland ; also in the Egyptian Siidan, Uganda and interior of 

 Kenya Colony » (W. L. S. in M. S. 1. 



So nuich intergradation takes place in thèse Kingfishers that it 

 is an impossible task to clearly define their distribution and suh- 

 species with certainty. 



(One of the niost coinmon and conspicuoiis birds. — W . V. L.) 



Halcyon leucocephala leucocephaia. 



Alcedo leucocephala I*. L. S. Mii.i.kr, Limi. Syst. Xat., Siippl., 

 1776, p. 94. — lype locality : Sénégal. 



A spécimen ot" the Sénégal White-headed Kingtishc-r was obtai- 

 ned by Mr. Lowk at Iju in S. Nigeria, while .Mann obtained it at 

 Lagos many years ago. From N. Nigeria \ve bave examples from 

 Illorin, Ibi and the Niger and Seinaiika rivers. 



Range. — This species e.xtends troni Sénégal to Cameroon east 

 to Abyssinia and Tanganyika Territory. We bave examples in the 

 British Musenm trom Sénégal, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, N. and 

 S. Nigeria, French Eqnatorial AtVica, L^ganda, Kenya Colony and 

 Tanganyika Territory. 



The remaining races of this species bave been reviewed at length 

 by C. Grant in the Jbis, 1915, pp. 265-267. The typical forni is 

 tbe only représentative in West Africa. 



(Not nearly so conmion as the Sénégal Kingfisher. Both species 

 fréquent dry bnsh country. — W. P. L.) 



