from the Niger Region. 557 



Corythornis cristata, Hartl. (nee Linn.) Orn. W.Afr.p. 36 ; 

 Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 35, pi. 11. 



Corythornis cyanostigma, Sliarpe, torn. cit. p. vi. 



a, Shonga : iris brown ; bill blaek ; feet brownish, soles 

 red, Immature. 



84. Halcyon semic.erulea, 



Alcedo semiccerulea, Forsk. Deser. Anim. 1775, p. 2. 

 Halcyon semicarulea, Hartl, Orn. W.Afr. p. 33 ; Sharpe, 

 Monogr. Alced. p. 173, pi. 64. 



«. (^ , Shonga : iris brown ; bill and feet bright red. 



85. Halcyon senegalensis. ' 

 Acedo senegalensis, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 180. 

 Halcyon senegalensis, Hartl. Orn. W.A.fr. p. 31 ; Sharpe, 



Monogr. Alced. p. 191, pi. 70. 



Halcyon cyanoleuca, Hartl, Orn. W. Afr. p. 31 ; Sharpe, 

 Monogr Alced. p. 189, pi. 69. 



a. ? , Shonga : iris brown ; upper mandible scarlet, lower 

 one black ; feet black, sole reddish. b. ? , Shonga : iris 

 brown ; upper mandible bright red, lower one jet-black ; feet 

 black, soles red. Insects in crop. c. $ , Shonga. 



I do not think that H. cyanoleuca (Vieill.) can be con- 

 sidered specifically distinct from H. senegalensis, for it ap- 

 pears to me that Mr. Sharpe in his Monograph has figured 

 and described an extreme form, and that a perfectly inter- 

 mediate series is to be met with, of which Mr. Forbes^s 

 specimens form a part. 



86. Halcyon malimbica. 



Alcedo malimbica, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 1812, p. 66. 



Halcyon cinereifrons, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 32. 



Halcyon malimbica, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 195, 

 pi, 72. 



a. (^ , Shonga : iris brown ; upper mandible red and black, 

 lower one black ; feet red. 



This species may be most readily distinguished from its 

 nearest ally, H. dry as, by having the lower mandible black. 

 Mr. Sharpe gives correct figures of these two species in his 



