obtained in British East Africa. 615 
yet known come from Equatorial Africa. My impression 
is that this form consists of adult birds^ probably freshly 
moulted into their cinnamon plumage. — R. B. S.] 
268. Ceryle rudis. 
Ctryle rudis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 
p. 109 (1892) ; Reichen. J. f. 0. 1892, p. 28 (Bare; Mengo) ; 
id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 130 (1894); Hartert, Ansorge's 
African Sun, p. 336 (1899 : Kibero and Mruli) ; Neum. 
J. f. O. 1900, p. 215 (Tanga). 
No. 745. ? ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 9, 1897.. 
269. Ceryle maxima. 
Ceryle maxima (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii, 
p. 118 (1892) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 28 (Bukoba) ; id. 
Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 130 (1894: Ugalla; Taweta) ; 
Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 214 (Tanga). 
a. ? ad. Entebbe, Feb. 18, 1895. 
b. S ad. „ May 28, 1895. 
[These specimens are apparently true C. maxima, and 
not C. shayyii, which Mr. Jackson got in the Siik country 
(c/. Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 316).— R. B. S.] 
270. Halcyon semic.eruleus. 
Halcyon semiccerideus (Forskal) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvii. p. 232 (1892); id. Ibis, 1892, p. 317 (Turquel) ; 
Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 132 (1894) ; Jackson, 
Ibis, 1898, p. 141 (Witu) ; Hartert, Ansorge^s African Sun, 
p. 335 (1899 : Kibero ; Kibwezi) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, 
p. 216 (Manjara Lake). 
No. 398. E. Kamassia, Sept. 29, 1896. 
No. 912. Ravine, 7500 feet, March 9, 1898. 
[These examples seem to me to be inseparable from 
Abyssinian birds. — R. B. S.] 
271. Halcyon pallidiventris. 
Halcyon pallidiventris Cab. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvii. p. 235 (1892) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 132 
(1894: Udjidji; Ug^Ua River) . 
No. 1.235. $ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 24, 1898. 
