64 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



grey ; under parts the same, but clearer, and some of the 

 breast-feathers have dark shafts ; throat albescent ; bill and 

 feet red. Length, 9" ; wing, 4" ; tail, 3" 



Extends from Kafir-aria to Natal, and inland as far as Kuruman. 



Mr. Atmore assures me that it is plentiful at Swellendam, and that 

 when he is digging in his garden specimens may always be seen 

 perched on the trees near him, from which they dart down on the 

 worms, slugs, &c., which he turns up with his spade. 



It is not found in the neighbourhood of Cape Town ; but I received 

 a pair from a Mr. Dixon, said to hare been killed on the Eastern 

 frontier. 



102. Halcyon Striolata. (Licht.) Alcedo Varie- 

 gata, Vieil. Encycl., p. 397 ; Chelicutia Striolata, 

 Reich., Ale., p. 39, fig. 3155 ; Jard. Contrib., V., p. 

 57 ; H. Pygmcea, Rupp. Atlas, t. 28, b. 



GENERAL colour brown; head striped with black, and slightly 

 crested; wing and tail feathers blue ; rump bright-blue, 

 beneath white ; the breast striped with brown ; bill red. 

 Length, 5" ; wing, 3" ; tail, 1" 5'". 



Said by Mr. J. Verreaux to inhabit Natal sed non vidi. 



103. Halcyon CyanotiS, Swainson, B. of West. Af, 

 Vol. 2, p. 103; Todus Cceruleus, Auct. ; Alcyone 

 Coronata, Smith ; T. Pictus, Bodd. ; A Icedo Nutans, 

 Vieil., Encycl., p. 396 ; Ispidina Picta, Kaup. Eisv., 

 p. 12. 



SIDES of head, ears, and neck, rufous, glossed with purple- 

 violet ; crown of head and nape black, with transverse blue 

 spots ; chin and throat white ; breast and body beneath, 

 orange-rufous ; bill and feet red. Total length, 4|" ; wing, 

 2" ; tail, 1". 



Inhabits South Africa, Hartlaub., Orn., W. Af. Natal : Ayres, Ibis 

 Vol. 1859, PL 246 sed non vidi. 



104. Halcyon Cinereifrons. (vieiii.) Hartlaub, 



Orn., W. Af., p. 32 ; Alcedo Malimbica, Shaw ; H- 

 Torquatus, Sw., B. of West. Afr., Vol. 2, p. 99 ; H- 

 Malimbica, Cass. 



HEAD above, brown ; ears blue, margined by a black line ; 

 back wings and tail blue ; shoulders and wing- coverts black ; 

 under plumage whita ; breast with a blue band ; upper 



