1881.] BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 567 



cit. p. 288; id. J. f. 0. 1879, p. 293 ; Pischer & Reiclienow, torn, 

 cit. p. 343. 



Lamo ; Melinda ; Pangani. 



This species ranges from Lamo to Port Natal. 



27. Halcyon semic^rulea. 



Halcyon semiccerulea (Forsk.), Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 173, 

 pi. 64 ; Pinsch & Hartl. Vcig. Ostafr. p. 160 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, 

 p. 712; Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, pp. 172, 180 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, 

 p. 23.5 ; Fischer & Reichenow, tom. cit. p. 255 ; Fischer, J. f. 0. 

 1879, pp. 293, 303. 



Pangani. 



In East Africa this Kingfisher has not yet been recorded from any 

 locality between Zanzibar and the Zamliesi ; but I have had the 

 opportunity of examining a specimen collected by Mr. Gates from 

 South-eastern Africa, between Tati and the Victoria falls of the 

 Zambesi. 



This species ranges from 16° N. lat. to about 21° S. lat. ; but is 

 only met with as a straggler towards its southern limits. 



^8. Halcyon orientalis. 



Halcyon orientalis, Peters, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 181, pi. QQ; 

 Finsch & Hartl. Vdg. Ostafr. p. 162 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. 0. 

 1878, p. 255 ; Fischer, tom. cit. p. 288 ; id. J. f. 0. 1879, p. 293; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 124. 



Lamo. 



This species ranges throughout East Africa from Lamo to the 

 Zambesi. Some specimens in my own collection from the Zambesi 

 approach so nearly in their plumage to the common H. albiventris 

 of Natal that it is not v\ithout hesitation that I keep //. orientalis 

 and H. albiventris as distinct species. 



They appear to me to be local varieties which lose their characters 

 towards the confines of their respective habitats, as, for instance, 

 between the Zambesi and the Transvaal. 



29. Halcyon chehcutensis. 



Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanley), Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 182, 

 pi. 67 ; Finsch & Hartl. Vcig. Ostafr. p. 163 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, 

 p. 712; Fischer, J. f. 0. 1877. pp. 171, 172,. 176: Nicholson, 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 354 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. 0. 1878, p. 255 ; 

 Fischer, tom. cit. p. 288 ; id. J. f.O. 1879, pp.293, 303 ; Fischer & 

 Reichenow, tom. cit. p. 344 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 124. 



Halcyon variegntus, Cab. J. f 0. 1 878, p. 235. 



Melinda ; Pangani ; Usambara mountains. 



It ranges from about 16° N, lat. to 30° S. lat. 



30. CORYTHORNIS CYANOSTIGMA, 



Corythornis cristatus, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 35, pi. 1 1 (1869). 

 Alcedo cristata, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 167; Fiscber, 



