NO. 1411. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OBERHOLSER. 851 



all the 83^10113^118 of the species, as claimed 1)3' Neumann, appl}' with- 

 out much doubt to the bird of the we.st coast." 



Family ALCEDINID^. 



CERYLE RUDIS (Linnaeus). 



Alcedo riulis Linn^us, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., I, IT.'iS, p. 116 (Persia). 



A sing-le adult, from the Useri lliver, Mount Kilimanjaro, Decem- 

 ber 15, 1888. This bird, thoujj-h marked "male,'' has but one black 

 pectoral Ijand, a circumstance which, borne out as it is 1)3^ our other 

 specimens from various localities, serves to streng-then the doubt 

 Doctor Keichenow has expressed''' with regard to this supposed sexual 

 distinction. 



ALCEDO SEMITORQUATA Swainson. 



Alcedo semilorquata Swainson, Zool. lllustr., Ill, 182:!, pi. cli (Great Fish River, 

 Cape Colony, South Africa) . 



Two specimens — adult male and female — f rom Taveta. " Feet (of 

 male) red; bill black, with a red streak on the under side." The 

 female of this pair is sliolitl3' larger than the male, also somewhat 

 duller in color above, particularly- on the wings, and appreciabl3^ 

 darker on the posterior part of the lower surface; the appearance of 

 the base of the maxilla in the skin indicates that this part was red in 

 life. 



ISPIDINA PICTA (Boddaert). 



Todus pidus Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl., 1783, p. 49 (Juida, Africa.) 



Three adult males, from Taveta, and Mount Kilimanjaro (5,000 feet). 

 These are apparentl3^ identical with an example from Somali Land. 

 "Bill and feet red." 



HALCYON SEMIC^RULEUS SEMICERULEUS (Forskal). 



Alcedo semiciendea Forskal, De.scr. Aniin., 1775, p. 2 (Yemen, Turkey in Asia). 



Three specimens, from the plains east of Mount Kilimanjaro. "'Bill 

 and feet red." Tliese ag-ree perfectl3- with birds from Somali Land, 

 thus showing no approach to Halcyon seinicseruleus hyacinthhius Reiche- 



aCoraaas afra Latham, Ind. Orn., I, 1790, p. 172 (Africa). 



Coracias africana Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Misc., XI, 1799, pi. cccci (new name for 

 E. afer). 



Eurystonms rubescens Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXIX, 1819, p. 426 (new 

 name for E. afer). 



Euryst07iius purpnrascens \iei\\i>t, Nouv. Diet, d'llist. Nat., XXIX, 1819, p. 427 

 (Senegal ) . 



Colaris viridis Wagler, Syst. Avium, 1827 {Colaris, sp. 5), p. 107 (Seneganibia). 



b Vogel Africas, II, 1903, p. 296. 



