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11. Alcedo cyanostigmuSj Riipp. 



Very common wherever there is water. Seen also at 

 Taveita. 



12. Halcyon semic^rulea (Forsk.). 

 January 1885. Fungarthormho. 

 Rare. 



13. Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanley). 



5 . Tangani, 31.8. 85. 

 $ . Tangani, 24. 8. 85. 



Irides brown. Very common. Stomachs contained grass- 

 hoppers. The female had two fully formed eggs inside her. 

 The call of this bird is very plaintive^ and is the first note 

 to be heard in the morning and the last at night. 



14. Halcyon senegalensis (Linn.). 



6 ? . Manda Island, 17. 5. 86. 



Irides brown. Stomachs contained large grasshoppers. 

 These birds I generally noticed sitting in the shade of some 

 bush or tree commanding an open space where grasshoppers 

 &c. abound. 



15. Iruisor cyanomelas (VieilL). 

 S. 12. 11.85. 



S. 30.5.86. 



Irides brown. Stomachs contained several large spiders. 

 Found a pair breeding in a hole of a tree in the Arusha 

 country, Kilima-njaro. 



16. Lophoceros deckeni (Cab.), 

 c? . Merereni, July 24, 1886. 



Stomach contained some good-sized fruit-stones. Very 

 common amongst the acacia trees. 



17. CoRYTHAix nscHERi, Rcichcn. 

 ^ ? . Kipungoni Creek, 13. 1 . 86. 



Irides brown ; bill blood-red ; eyelids coral-red ; legs olive- 

 black. These are the only two specimens I saw or heard of 

 in the Lamu district, although this bird is plentiful between 

 Mombasa and Vanga further south, and quite common up 

 the river Wami opposite Zanzibar. Their call reminded me 

 much of that of the common Pheasant. 



