ALCEDINID^. 6 3 



the outer quill- feathers also black. Head, neck, breast, and 

 under parts cinereous, palest on the centre of the breast and 

 belly ; a black patch between the eye and the bill, the upper 

 mandible of which is red, the lower black. Length, about 

 8i" ; wing (apud Schlegel), 3" 9'" to 4" ; tail, 2" 6'" ; bill, 15'" 

 to 18"'. 



This hirfd appears to me to be identical with my Cinereifrons. My 

 description is taken from the figure in the Planches Enluminde. Schle- 

 gel also says it resembles Cinereifrons and Dry as, bUt is much smaller. 

 I am inclined to think it may be a small race. 



Specimens have been procured at the Mouth of the Monocusi River, 

 north-east of Natal, by Mr. Ayres. Ibis Vol., 1856, p. 265. 



99. Halcyon Senegaloid.es, Smith s. a. z., 



Vol. 2, p. 1 44, Zool. S. A., PI. 63. 



Upper and lateral parts of head and of neck grey-green ; 

 interscapulans and scapulars green ; back a clear, dark blue- 

 green ; shoulders and extremities of wing-feathers black, 

 middle of wings d[eep blue-green, inner vanes towards quills 

 white ; tail blue-^een ; throat, centre of belly, and vent 

 white ; breast and sides of belly greyish ; bill and legs deep 

 red ; space between eye and base of bill black. Length, 

 9" 4'" ; wing, 4" 3'" ; tail, 2" 10'". 



Inhabits the country about Port Natal. " Eesorts to thickets, and 

 feeds upon insects, especially Crustacea and gryllceP Smith — loc. cit. 



100. Halcyon Swainsonii, Smith, s. A. z., Voi. 



2, p, 143 ; Halcyon Semiccerulea, Gmel. ; Alcedo 

 Gancrophaga, Forst. ; Riipp, Wirbeth. Ab. t. 24, f. 1, 



Head, back, and sides of neck and interscapulars dull white, 

 the first more or less tinted with grey-brown, the last mar- 

 gined behind with a broad transverse black band ; back, 

 middle of wings, and tail blue, with a green gloss, parti- 

 cularly the two centre feathers of the latter ; shoulders, 

 scapulars, and points of quills black, inner vanes of several 

 of the outermost wing-feathers white towards quills ; throat 

 and centre of breast pure white ; sides of breast, belly, and 

 vent ferruginous ; bill, legs, and toes light red ; claws dark 

 horn-coloured. Length, 7" 6"' ; wing, 3" 4"' ; tail, 2". 



Inhabits the interior of South Africa. Smith — loc. cit. Hartlaub 

 Orn. W. Af., p. 33 — sed non vidi. 



101. Halcyon Fuscicapilla, Lafr., Mag. Zooi, 



1863., Ois. t. 18 ; Dacelo Vaillantii, Temm. 



Head, dark ashy-grey ; back and rump azure-blue ; wing- 

 coverts black ; wings and tail blue ; nuchal collar ferruginous- 



