436 ZOOLOGICAL EESFLTS OF THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



white superciliary stripe tinged with greenish-blue and the crown mixed with feathers 

 of a similar colour; possibly this colour is due to wear alone, as the greenish 

 feathers are all in a worn condition, while the new and partially grown feathers are 

 olive-brown. It would be interesting to know to what extent, if at all, this species 

 interbreeds with the closely allied M. persicus. 



Family C o R A c 1 1 D jE. 



EUETSTOMUS AFER (Lath.). 



Eurystomus afer Reich. Yog. Afr. ii. p. 228 (1902). 

 a,b. d ? . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 24th July. [Nos. 497. R. E. D. ; 

 1752. 1). <7,] 



Iris dark brown ; bill yellow ; feet grey or dark olive-green. 

 Wing: d 169 mm., $ 172 mm. 



Eurystomus rufobuccalis Reichenow. 



'Eurystomus rufobuccalis Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 231 (1902). 



«, 5. d ?. 60 miles W. of Entebbe, 3700 ft., 29th Nov. [Nos. 1071. -Z*. C. ; 

 2012. G. i.] 



c. 6 . 80 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 3rd Dec. [No. 2016. G. L.] 



This form is easily distinguished from E. afer by having the rump and median upper 

 tail-coverts chestnut-brown like the back, instead of blue ; while the underparts lack 

 the dark shafts to the feathers which form rather a conspicuous character in E. afer. 



The wing measures : — 6 181-182 mm.; ? 178 mm. 



Family A L c E D i N i D ^. 

 Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanley). 



Halcyon chelicuti Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 271 (1902). 



Halcyon chelicutensis Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 516 [Tore] ; Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 315 [N.W. of 

 Lake Tanganyika]. 



a. d . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 1st May. [No. 2310. G. L.] 

 h,c. d 2. „ „ „ 1st & 22nd June. [Nos. 1666. I). C. ; 



3438. B. B. W.'\ 



Iris dark brown ; upper mandible dark red in the male, black in the female, lower 

 mandible red : feet red. 



[The Striped Kingfisher was plentiful on the plains round the south end of 

 Ruwenzori. It seems to prefer the dry acacia-country to the streams or lakes. — 

 B. £. W.] 



