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only showing blue on the back. As often seen on the dry 
veld as by riversides. 
Pied Kingfisher— mryle rudis. A large and conspicuous bird, 
mottled black and white, with an occipital tuft and a dark 
bar through eye. Observed on Athi, Molo and other 
rivers, sometimes perched on a dead reed, at others 
hovering, kestrel-like, over the water. 
Giant Kingfisher— C. maxima. A handsome black species 
banded with rows of white spots and, in the male, a warm 
ruddy patch on the breast. Larger than the last. Ob¬ 
served at Njemps, but rare. More common on Victoria 
Nyanza. 
Malachite Kingfisher— Gorythornis cyanostigma. Small, bright 
azure. Common everywhere. 
Rollers 
Roller, or Blue Jay— Coracias garrulus. A migrant, observed 
in winter frequenting the higher land. 
Lilac-breasted Roller— G. caudatus. These long-tailed Rollers 
were common in the lower country at Simba, Makindu, 
etc., in March. Resident. Figured at p. 248. 
Bee-eaters 
Bee-eaters abound; we noticed the following, besides others 
that we did not know— 
Merops persicus —Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. A large species, 
bright green; and— 
M. apiaster —the European species. Curiously, this bird breeds 
both in Spain in our spring, and again in South Africa in 
our autumn. Whether this applies to individual birds 
cannot, of course, be known. The notes of these two 
species appear to be identical. 
M. albicollis (possibly). ) T T . . 
Melittophagnsalbifrons. / (F ' J ' Jacks0a ) 
Hoopoes ( Upupa) 
The European species (U. epops ) is rare, but was observed 
during winter on the higher ground, and once (exceptionally) 
