608 Dr. R. B. Sliarpe on Birds 



34. Halcyon badius. 



Halcyon badius Verr. ; Reichenow, J. f. O. 1894, p. 34, 

 1890, p. 17 ; Sliarpe, Hand-1. ii. p. 50 (1900) ; Reiclienow, 

 Yog. Afrikas, ii. p. 285 (1902). 



a. S ad. Efuleu, Feb. 6, 1902. " Akwae." 



b. $ ad. „ Dec. 10, 1902. 



c. $ ad. „ May 8, 1902. 

 No. 54. <J ad. River Ja, Feb. 1903. 

 No. 412. Juv. Efulen, March 31, 1904. 



35. Halcyon rufiventris. 



Halcyon semicceruleus, pt., Sharpest, c. p. 57 (1900). 

 Halcyon semicceruleus rufiventris Reiclienow, t. c. p. 277 

 (1902). 



No. 311. ? ad. River Ja, Dec. 28, 1903. "Akwae." 



36. Halcyon senegalensis. 



Halcyon seneyalensis (L.); Sjostedt, K. Sv. Yet.-Akad. 

 Handl. xxvii. p. 02 (1895); Reiclienow, J. f. O. 1894, 

 p. 34, 1890, p. 17; Sliarpe, t. c. p. 57 (1900) ; Reiclienow, 

 Yog. Afrikas, ii. p. 282 (1902). 



a. <J ad. Efuleu, Jan. 30, 1902. " Akwae." 



b. ? ad. „ Feb. 1, 1902. 



37. Halcyon cyanoleucus. 



Halcyon cyanoleucus (V.); Sliarpe, t. c. p. 57 (1900); 

 Reichenow, t. c. p. 284 (1902). 



a. £ ad. Efuleu, March 10, 1902. " Akwae." 



38. Halcyon malimbicus. 



Halcyon malimbicus (Shaw) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 58 (1900) ; 

 Reichenow, t. c. p. 281 (1902). 



a. ? ad. Efuleu, Feb. 1, 1902. "Akwae." 



No. 65. (J iuiru. River Ja, Feb. 1903. 



Nos. 373, 383. <J ? ad. Efuleu, March 14-21, 1904. 



The youug bird has the bright colours of the adult, but 

 the colour on the chest is a little greener. The old bird 

 has the white under tail-coverts tipped with blue. In the 

 immature specimen the bill is much shorter than in the 

 adult, and the lower mandible is blackish, mottled with red. 



