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synonym of Scopus u. wnbretta, while Ardea fusca Forst. 

 (Descr. Anim. 1844, p. 47: Cape of Good Hope) is pre- 

 occupied by Ardea fusca of Latham (Ind. Orn. ii. 1710, 

 p. 700 : Cayenne). 



Hah. Apparently the whole of Africa : also western 

 Arabia and Madagascar, except from Senegal to Nigeria. 



Type in the British Museum : ? ad. Mt. Leganisho^ 

 6600 ft., British East Africa, 31. x. 12. Willoughby 

 P. Lowe coll. 



Obs. This bird is named in honour of Mr. David A. 

 Banuerman. 



Mr. Claude Grant also sent for exhibition two new 

 Kingfishers from Africa, which he proposed to name 



Halcyon leucocephala ogilviei, subsp. n. 



Adult female. Differs from H. I. leucocephala in having 

 the wings and tail almost pure violet as in H. I. swuinsoni, 

 and differs from H. I. swainsoni in having tl.e belly and 

 under wing-coverts deep chestnut, almost as dark as in 

 H. I. leucocephala. 



Culmen 39 mm., wing 101, tail 55, tarsus 12. 



Hub. Nyasaland. 



Type in the British Museum : $ ad. South Angoniland, 

 X. 00. General Sir William Manning coll. 



Obs. This bird is named in honour of Mr. W. R. Ogilvie- 

 Grant. 



Halcyon senegalensis snperflua, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Allied to both H. s. senegalensis and H. s. 

 cyanoleuca, but differs from both in being somewliat paler 

 and in having the blue of the back extending over the 

 head in all ages. Superciliaries white, black round the eye 

 extending backwards over the ear-coverts. 



Culmen 40 mm., wing 111, tail 64, tarsus 13. 



Hab. Transvaal. 



Type in the British INTnseum : ^ ad. Limpopo River, 

 14. xi. 73. T. E. Buckley coll. 



