3895,] i'bom; westbrx somali-laxd. 497 



Mediterraaean coast of Egypt, throughout the whole of the Nile 

 region and on its tributaries, the Kosanga and the Djar Eivers, but 

 becomes rarer on the Tipper White Nile than in Egypt and Nubia. 

 It is also found along the Red Sea. In Shoa, Antinori uotes the 

 species from thelo>ver and middle " KoUa " country ; and according 

 to Dr. Eeicheuow it has been met with at Useguha, Bagamoyo, 

 Cgalla, Kakoma, Pangani, Kagehi, and the JSimiu Eiver, in G-ermau 

 East Africa. 



116. ISPIDINA PICTA. 



Alcedo picta (Bodd.) ; Heugl. Om. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 183 (1869) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. GenoY. (2) i. p. 113 (1884), vi. p. 223 (1888). 



Ispidina plcfa, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 191 (1892) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1892, p. 316 ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 133 

 (1894). 



a. 2 ad. Mount Kuldush, Dec. 18, 1894. Bill and legs orange- 

 red ; iris brown. 



Nowhere common in N.E. Africa, according to Heuglin's notes ; 

 mostly seen in the wood-region up to 7000 feet. He found it i:i 

 Bogos-land, in Central Abyssinia, and in the steppes of East Seuar, 

 Fazogl, <fcc. 



It is not common in Shoa ; Mr. Jackson only met with it once, 

 at Kasamoja, and Dr. Eeichenow has only four localities for the 

 species — Dar-es-Salaam, Useguha, Nguruman, and the Simiu Eiver. 



117. Halcyon semic^eulexjs. 



Dacelo semiccerulea (Forsk.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 190 

 (1869). 



Halcyon semiccerulea, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 113 

 (1884), vi. p. 223 (1858); Shellev, Ibis, 1885, p. 395; Oust. t.c. 

 p. 4 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 232 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 

 1892, p. 317 ; Salvad. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 553 

 (1894: Webbe Eiver); Eeichen. Vdg. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 132 

 (1894). 



a. (S ad.; h. Ad. Gelaydee, Jan. 13, 1895. Bill vermilion; 

 legs dark red ; iris brown. 



This Kingfisher extends all over the warmer parts of N.E. 

 Africa, and Heuglin gives its northern limit as 16° N. lat. In 

 October he met with it on the Adail and Somali coast, in Abys- 

 sinia to 8000 feet, north to Bogos-land and Takah, on the Blue 

 and White Niles, westward to the Djur district. In Shoa it is 

 said by Antinori to be common in all the \\oods along the streams 

 of the " Kolla " ; Mr. Jackson procured it in the Siik country, and 

 Dr. Eeichenow gives many localities from Bagamoyo to Bussissi. 



118. Halcyon chelicutensis. 



Dacelo tschelicutemis (Stanl.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p 19-^ 

 (1869). , . 



Halcyon chelicutensis. Oust, Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. 

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