222 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
Three specimens obtained on the Anseba during July and August. This bird made 
its appearance rather suddenly from the northward, down the river Anseba, the first 
being seen by Mr. W. T. Blanford below Maragaz: by the time our last specimen was 
shot they had made their way up to Gabena Weldt Gonfallon; and I saw one between 
that place and Keren. I take it, from this, that this species is migratory. At the time 
it appeared, the rains had just commenced; so probably this may have in some way 
influenced its arrival in those parts. I did not meet with this bird anywhere 
else while with the expedition, nor did Mr. W. T. Blanford. Contents of stomach, 
Coleoptera.—W. J.] 
37. Haucyon semMica@RuLea (Forskal). 
Halcyon semicerulea, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 23. no. 87; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 128; id. Fauna d. 
Roth. Meer. no. 41; Finsch & Hartl. Végel Ostafr. p. 160. no. 70. 
a. d. Ain. July 6 (no. 1230). 
b. 3. Ain. July 6 (no. 1886). 
c. dé. Ain. July 6 (no. 182). 
d. 6. Waliko. August 3 (no. 778). 
e. 2. Waliko. August 4 (no. 582). 
f. 6. Gabena Weldt Gonfallon. August 7 (no. 1874). 
g. 2. Gabena Weldt Gonfallon. July 16 (no. 825). 
[Iris brown; beak coral-red; legs and feet coral-red. 
First procured by Mr. W. T. Blanford at Ailet, and afterwards by both of us from 
Ain to the Anseba river during July and August. Saw old birds carrying food in their 
beaks, but could not discover the nest. Note, a noisy chatter, in a rapid diminuendo. 
Insectivorous. I did not meet with this species anywhere else during my stay in 
Abyssinia.— W. J. | 
38. Hancyon cHuoris (Bodd.). 
Ceryle abyssinica, Licht. Nomencl. p. 67. 
Alcedo collaris, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 271 (note). 
Halcyon chlorocephala, Faun. d. Roth. Meer. p. 21. no. 42, et p. 30. 
—— chloris, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 165. no. 73. 
a. 3. Zoulla. March 7 (no. 187). 
b. 2. Zoulla. March 7 (no. 118). 
The specimens in Mr. Jesse’s collection prove again that there is no difference between 
African and Indian specimens, as we have already pointed out (Ornith. Central-Poly- 
nesiens, p. 35, note).—0O. F. 
[Iris dark brown; beak, upper mandible black, lower one pearl-pink at base, tip 
black; legs and feet pinky grey. 
Procured among the mangrove bushes on the shore of Annesley Bay. At that time 
