ALCEDINIDJG. 57 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 96 99 



Length of folded wing ...47 47 



tarsus 07 07 



middle toe .... 8 ..... 8 



tail 2 10 2 10 



bill 24 24 



70. Halcyon semicserulea (Forsk.). African White-headed King- 

 fisher. 



Halcyon Swainsonii, Layard's Cat. No. 100. 

 Halcyon semiccerulea, Sharpe's Alcedinidae, pi. 63. 

 Sharpe's Cat. No. 59. 



[This species is not mentioned in Mr. Andersson's MS. notes; 

 but a single immature specimen obtained in Ondonga, Ovampo 

 Land, formed part of his last collection, and is now in the 

 possession of Mr. R. B. Sharpe, who refers to it, in his excellent 

 ' Monograph of the Kingfishers/ as the most southern example 

 of this species with which he is acquainted. ED.] 



71. Halcyon cheliciltensis (Stanl.). Striped Kingfisher. 



Halcyon damarensis, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 



1852, p. 153. 



Halcyon striolata, Layard's Cat. No. 102. 



Halcyon damarensis, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 409. 

 Halcyon cheticutensis, Sharpe's Alcedinidse, pi. 67. 

 Sharpe's Cat. No. 62. 



This Kingfisher is very sparingly met with in Damara 

 Land and the parts adjacent to the northward; it is 

 partial to localities where the vegetation has been de- 

 stroyed or partially injured by fire; and it selects, if 

 possible, a low dry branch on an isolated tree, where it 

 watches by the hour for its prey ; this, as far as I could 

 ascertain, consists of insects, which it generally seizes on 

 the wing. 



