544 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



91. CoRACIAS CAUDATUS. 



Coracias caudatus, Linn.; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p, 109, 

 no. 1515; id. Ibis, 1863, p. 7. 



Fort Hill and shores o£ Lake Nyasa. A male and two 

 females. Very generally distributed {A. W.). 



92. Melittophagus meridionalis. 



Melittophagus meridionalis, Sharpe ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. 

 p. 110, no. 1524; id. Ibis, 1863, p. 7, 1894, p. 5. 

 Karonga, July. Two females. 



93. Rhinopomastus cyanomelas. 



Rhinoponiastus cyanomelas (Vieill.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. 

 p. 113, no. 1559; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 8, 1894, p. 6, 1896, p. 230. 

 Fort Hill, July. An adult male. 



94. Bycanistes cristatus. 



Bycanistes cristatus (Biipp.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 114, 

 no. 1570 ; id. Ibis, 1896, p. 178. 



Masuku Plateau, 7000 ft., July. A male and female. 

 This species ranges over Eastern Africa from Nyasaland into 

 Abyssinia. 



95. LOPHOCEROS melanoleucus. 



Lophoceros melanoleucus (Licht.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. 

 p. 114, no. 1579; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 8, 1894, pp. 6, 467. 

 Songue and Karonga, July. A male and female. 



96. Ceryle rudis. 



Ceryle rudis (Linn.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 115, no. 1599; 

 id. Ibis, 1893, p. 8, 1894, p. 6. 

 Karonga, July. A female. 



97. Ceryle maxima. 



Cei-yle maxima (Pall.) ; Shelley, B. Afr.i. p. 116, no. 1600; 

 id. Ibis, 1894, p. 5, 1896, p. 230. 



Florence Bay and Monkey Bay, June. A male and 

 female. 



98. CORYTHORNIS CYANOSTIGMA. 



Corythornis cyanostignia (Riipp.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. 

 p. 116, no. 1606; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 5. 

 Karonga, July. One male. 



