436 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE RTJWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



white superciliary stripe tinged with greenish-blue and the crown mixed with feathers 

 of a similar colour; possibly this colour is due to wear alone, as the greenish 

 feathers are all in a worn condition, while the new and partially grown feathers arc 

 olive-brown. It would be interesting to know to what extent, if at all, this species 

 interbreeds with the closely allied M. persicus. 



Family Cokaciidx 

 EURYSTOMUS AFER (Lath.). 



Eurystomus afer Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 228 (1902). 



a, b. 3 $ . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 24th July. [Nos. 497. R. E. 1). ; 



nrj± d. a] 



Iris dark brown ; bill yellow ; feet grey or dark olive-green. 

 Wing: 6 169 mm., $ 172 mm. 



Eurystomus rufobuccalis Reichenow. 



Eurystomus rufobuccalis Reich. Yog. Afr. ii. p. 231 (1902). 



a, b. 6 ? . 60 miles W. of Entebbe, 3700 ft., 29th Nov. [Nos. 1071. I). C. ; 

 2012. G. L.] 



c. 6 . 80 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 3rd Dec. [No. 2016. G. L.] 



This form is easily distinguished from E. afer by having the rump and median upper 

 tail-coverts chestnut-brown like the back, instead of blue ; while the underparts lack 

 the dark shafts to the feathers which form rather a conspicuous character in E. afer. 



The wing measures: — 6 1S1-1S2 mm.; ? 178 mm. 



Family Alcedinidx 



Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanley). 

 Halcyon chelicuti Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 271 (1902). 



Halcyon chelkutensis Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 516 [Toro] ; Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 315 [N.W. of 

 Lake Tanganyika]. 



a. 6 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 1st May. [No. 2310. G. £.] 

 b,c. 6 $. „ „ „ 1st & 22nd June. [Nos. 1666. I). C: 



3438. E. B. W.~\ 



Iris dark brown ; upper mandible dark red in the male, black in the female, lower 

 mandible red ; feet red. 



[The Striped Kingfisher was plentiful on the plains round the south end of 

 Ruwenzori. It seems to prefer the dry acacia-country to the streams or lakes. — 



it. b. jr.] 



