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114. Hatcyon sENnGALENSIS. Senegal Kingfisher. 
A species with parti-coloured beak like the foregoing, from which 
it is separable by its plain ashy grey or brown head and by the 
absence of black behind theeye. Although most of the specimens of 
Halcyon which we have seen from South Africa have belonged to I. 
eyanoleuca, we have examined specimens of the true H. senegalensis 
from the River Quanza in Mr. Monteiro’s collection, and some un- 
doubted examples were forwarded from Katenbella in Benguela by 
Mr. Sala: this therefore warrants our including the species in the 
present work. 
No full description of the bird is necessary, as the above characters 
will serve to distinguish it. Total length, 8 inches ; bill, 1:9; wing,40. 
Fig. Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pl. 70. 
115. Hancyon marmeica. Ashy-fronted Kingfisher. 
Haleyon cinereifrons, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 64. 
This is altogether a larger species than the foregoing members of 
the genus Halcyon, and it may be distinguished at once by its black 
seapulars. Its occurrence in South Africa is at present not well 
authenticated. A specimen supposed to be from Natal exists in the 
Philadelphia Museum, and another was sold to the editor as from the 
Zambesi region. Its presence may be expected in South Western 
Africa, as Mr. Monteiro states that it is not uncommon in the thick 
woods near Bembe in the interior of Angola. 
Adult.—Entire head ashy-grey, becoming tinged with blue on the 
nape ; back, from the nape to the rump, rich cobalt; scapularies and 
wing-coverts jet-black ; quills black, the inner web white at the base, 
the basal half of the exterior web of the primaries, and nearly the 
entire outer web of the secondaries, brilliant cobalt; tail dark cobalt 
aboye, black beneath ; throat, and a narrow line over the eye, white ; 
space between the bill and the eye, feathers round the eye extending 
backwards over the ear-coverts, deep black ; cheeks, ear-coverts, sides 
of the neck and the breast, greenish cobalt ; abdomen and under 
tail-coverts, white ; flanks grey, with obscure vermiculations ; upper 
mandible vermilion, black at the base and towards the tip, lower 
mandible jet black ; feet red. Total length, 10 inches ; of bill from 
front, 2°3; from gape, 2°7; wing, 4°6; tail, 3:2; tarsus, 0°5; middle 
toe, 0°8 ; hind toe, 0°35. 
Fig. Sharpe, Monogr. Alced, pl. 72. 
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