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Family ALCEDINID.E. 

 63. Ceryle rudis. 



Alcedo rudis, Linn., " Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 181 ([766). 

 •Ceryle rudis, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 97 ; Sharpe, " Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus.," vol. 17, p. 109; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," 

 vol. 2, p. 295 ; W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," 

 v °l- 3. P- 73> fi g s - 26—28. 

 159. (J ad. Matambadzi River, Mbala Country. May 

 2, 1905. 



370. 9 ad. E. bank of Loangwa. Aug. 15, 1905. 

 Bill, black ; iris, dark brown ; feet, black. 

 " Tembo " of the Asenga. 

 Common on the big rivers. 



64. Corythornis cyanostigma. 



-Alcedo cyanostigma, Riipp., " Neue Wirb., Vog.," p. 70, pi. 24, fig. 



2 (1835 : Zana Lake, Abyssinia). 

 Corythornis cyanostigma, Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 96; Sharpe, 



"Cat- B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 17, p. 163; Reichen., " V6g. 



Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 289; W. L Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, 



Birds," vol. 3, p. 8 r, fig. 30. 



162. ? ad. Matambadzi River. May 4, 1905. 



Bill, scarlet, blackish over nostrils ; iris, dark brown ; 

 feet, dark red. 



163, 164, 168. Young of J62. 



The nest was dug out of the bank of the river. 

 Not very common, though widely distributed. 

 " Mlongwe" of the Asenga. 



65. Halcyon swainsoni. 



Halcyon pallidiventris, Cab., Journ. f. Ornith., 1880, p. 349 

 (Angola); Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 538 (Talla Mo- 

 gongo) ; Sharpe, "Cat, B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 17. p. 235: 

 Shelley, ibis, 1898, p. 555 (Tanganyika Plateau). 



