670 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



We have then : — 



1. Halcyon malimbicus malimbicus. 



Alcedo malinibica Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. pt. 1, 1812, p. 66 : 

 " Malimba," i. e. Gaboon. 



In tliis form the head is bhie, of almost the same shade 

 as the back. 



Disti'. Gaboon south to north Angola, north to sontheru 

 Cameroon [Bates). 



2. Halcyon malimbicus prenticki. 

 Halcyon malimbicus prenticei supra. 



Slightly larger, wing 118 against about 1J5 mm., the l)lue 

 slightly paler and the crown rather darker than the neck. 



Distr. Uganda north to the upper Welle (Buhndorff ^ 

 Alexandei-), and the Bahr el Ghazal. 



3. Halcyon malimbicus dryas. 



Halcyon dryas Hartlaub, J. f. O. 1854, p. 2 : St. Thomas I. 



A larger bird with a longer bill. 



Distr. The islands in the Gulf of Guinea — Sao Thome, 

 Principe, and Fernando Po. There is one bird in the 

 Museum labelled Gaboon (Ansell). W^e cannot help thinking 

 there is a mistake in regard to the locality uf this specimen. 



4. Halcyon malimbicus forbesi. 



Halcyon forbesi Shar|)e, Cat. Bds. B. ISI. xvii. 1892, 

 p. 247, pi. 6. fig. 2 : Shonga on the Niger. 



Ci'own ashy brown washed with greenish. 



Distr. West Africa from Gambia to Cameroon Mt., and 

 inland to northern Nigeria. 



5. Halcyon malimbicus torquatus. 



Halcyon torquatus Swainson, Bds. W\ Africa, ii. 1837, 

 p. 99 : Senegal. 



Crown a dull brown sharply defined from the blue back. 

 Distr. Senegal. 



Halcyon cyanoleucus. 



Alcedo eyanolevca Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xix. 1818, p. 401 : 

 Coast of Angola. 



[B. coll. ] 1 Bahr el Zeraf June, U.N. ; 1 Mongalla, 



4 Gigging May, Mon. 

 The races of this group have been discussed at length by 



