FROM EQUATOBIAL AFRICA. 435 



71. Mebops AiiTGOLENSis, Gm. ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 3. 



An adult bird from Muschra Eec, which agrees with others 

 from Graboon. It is interesting to find this species and not 

 M. Lafresnayii. 



Fam. Alcedinin^. 



72. Alcedo quadeibrachts, Bp. ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 34. 

 Several adult examples from Ndoruma and Semmio, March. 



Iris blackish brown. 



Identical with Gaboon specimens in the Museum. 



73. Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanl.) ; Hartl. op. cit. viii. 

 p. 207. — Dacelo tschelicutensis, Heugl. t. c. p. 192. 



A few specimens from Dem Bakir. 



74. Halcyon malimbica (Shaw) ; Sharpe, Monogr, Alced. 

 pi. 72. 



Adult birds from Semmio. The specimens agree with Mr. 

 Forbes's Niger example and the Fantee skins in the British 

 Museum, and not with the Graboon birds. 



75. Halcyon cyanoleitca {VieiTl.); Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. 

 pi. 69. 



Adults and immature birds from Juku and Semmio. 



76. Halcyon semic^eulea {ForsTc.) ; Hartl. op. cit. vii. p. 110. 

 — Dacelo semicserulea, Heugl. t. c. p. 190, 



Adults and immature birds from Semmio. 



77. IsBiDiNA PiCTA (Bodd.) ; Hartl. op. cit. viii. p. 207. — 

 Alcedo picta, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 183. 



Adult and young birds from Semmio. 



Fam. BucEEOTiNiE. 



78. ToCKTJS EEYTHEOEHYNCHUS (Temm.) ; Elliot, t. c. j)l. Ivi. — 

 Buceros erythrorhynchus, Heugl. t. c. p. 727 ; Hartl. op. cit. vii. 

 p. 112. 



A female from Dembo, June. 



79. TOCKUS FASCIATTJS {SJiaio) ; Elliot, t. c. pi. ]. fig. 2. 

 From Semmio, February, and Ndoruma in September. The 



latter specimen is young, and is brown instead of black, while 

 the penultimate tail-feather is black tipped with white as in 

 T. semifasciafus. The third feather is white for its entire 

 length. The white tip to the penultimate feather being- 

 one of the specific characters by which T. semifasciatus is 



