317 
from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
a. £ . Mendi, Abyssinia, 1 April, 1899. (No. 467.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs bright red. 
215. Halcyon semicjERUlea. 
Halcyon semiccerulcea (Forskal) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvii. p. 232 (1892); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 497. 
a. • Ganti, Abyssinia, 30 March, 1899. (No. 465.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs red. 
216. Halcyon chelicutensis. 
Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanley) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvii. p. 239 (1892) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 497; Hawker, 
Ibis, 1899, p. 76. 
a. $. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. (No. 
228.) 
b. ? . Telagubaie, Abyssinia, 17 February, 1899. (No. 
331.) 
c. $ . Didesa, Abyssinia, 21 March, 1899. (No. 434.) 
d. $ . Sati, Abyssinia, 30 March, 1899. (No. 462.) 
Iris brown; upper mandible dark, lower red; legs in a, 
brown, in b , c, and d dull red. 
217. CoRACIAS ABYSSINICUS. 
Coracias abyssinicus Bodd.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvii. p. 19 (1892). 
a. (J. Kassim river, 19 January, 1899. (No. 233.) 
b, c, d, e. $ ^ S S • Ticka Tcheeka, Abyssinia, 22 Feb¬ 
ruary, 1899. (Nos. 358, 359, 360, 361.) 
/. A • Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 410.) 
Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull yellow. 
[This Roller was to be met with in every valley of 
Shoa.—L.] 
218. Coracias lorti. 
Coracias lorti Shelley; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 
p. 20 (1892) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 496; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 
1898, p. 416. 
a. $ . Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No. 8.) 
Iris brown; bill black; legs horn. 
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