222 Major H. J. Kelsall on 



Ispidina leucogaster. 



Found chiefly in freshwater swamps and near streams. 



Halcyon torquatus. 



It appears to me to be impossible to separate H. torquatus 

 forbesi Sharpe from H. torquatus Sw., as birds from the same 

 locality vary very much in the colour of the head_, back, and 

 breast-band, according to age and season, and the colour 

 also varies according to the direction of the light — what 

 appears deep blue when looked at with the light in front of 

 the observer, becomes sea-green with the light behind. 



Common along the sea-shore and in mangrove-swamps. 

 Feeds partially on insects. I have seen it sitting on the 

 bare branch of a tree and making darts at insects like a 

 Flycatcher. 



Halcyon senegalensis. 



Very common. Fond of cultivated land and gardens. 

 Feeds almost entirely on insects, especially locusts, and is 

 seldom seen near water. 



Halcyon semicsBruleus. 



Not common in the Peninsula or in any part of the region 

 that I visited. Although I was constantly on the look-out 

 for it, I only succeeded in obtaining three specimens just 

 before leaving for England. 



Family Coraciid^. 

 Coracias cyanogaster. 



Two specimens obtained by Dr. Bower in the Karine 

 District. 



Coracias senegalensis. 



One specimen collected by Dr. Bower in the Karine 

 District. 



Eurystomiis gularis. 



Fairly common. Is fond of perching on tall, bare trees, 

 flying off from its perch from time to time in pursuit of 



insects. 



Eurystomns afer. 



Is not so plentiful as the preceding species. 



