Birds of Prince's Island. 6\7 



Pinnce's Island in the month o£ March 1887^ on the 

 Papagaio E,iver^ and is recorded by Sousa in the Jorn. Sci. 

 Lisboa, 1887^ p. 42, as having been obtained by Newton. 

 As the local name of the Kingfisher is included in his 

 account, it would appear that the natives of Prince's Island 

 are fanailiar with the bird and that the above recorded 

 specimen can hardly have been a stray migrant. 



Neither Dohrn, Keulemans, Fea, nor Alexander appear 

 to have seen any signs of another example. It has probably 

 ceased to exist as a resident on the island. 



23. '^Corythornis g-alerita. 



Alcedo cmndeocephala Gmel.; Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 325. 



Corythornis galerita (P. L. S. Miill.) ; Salvadori, Orn. 

 Golfo d. Guinea, i. 1903, p. 9. 



Corythornis cceruleocephala Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 

 1903, p. 47. 



a-d. S ? ad. 28. ii. 09. 



e. (^ ad. 2.iii.09. 



/. c? ad. ll.iii.09. 



g. c? ad. 12.iii.09. 



A specimen in the British Museum from Loanda does not 

 appear to differ in any way from examples from Prince's 

 Island. 



A few notes on the habits of this little Kingfisher are 

 supplied by Dohrn, who says that it is common on the shore, 

 but on a few occasions single birds were seen flying about 

 in the interior of the island. He remarks that it is a lively 

 species. Keulemans found it common in the large river 

 near the town of San Antonio, and noted that its food con- 

 sisted of fishes and water-insects. 



24. ^Halcyon dry as. 



Halcyon dryas Hartl.; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, 

 i. 1903, p. 10 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1903, p. 47. 

 a-c. $ ? ad. et imm. 26. ii.09. 

 d-f. S ? ad. 27. ii.09. 



g. S ad. 28. ii.09. 



h-i. S ? ad.etimm, 2.iii.09. 

 k. S- 15.iii.09. 



