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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 497 Mediterranean coast of Egypt, throughout the whole of the Nile region and on its tributaries, the Kosanga and the Djar Rivers, but becomes rarer on the Upper White Nile than in Egypt and Nubia. It is also found along the Red Sea. In Shoa, Antinori notes the species from the lower and middle " Kolla " country ; and according to Dr. Reichenow it has been met wTith at Useguha, Bagamoyo, Ugalla, Kakotna, Pangani, Kagehi, and the Simiu River, in German East Africa. 116. ISPID1NA PICTA. Alcedo picta (Bodd.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 183 (1869); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 113 (1884), vi. p. 223(1888). Ispidina picta, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xvii. p. 191 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 316 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 133 (1894). A. 2 ad. Mount Kuldush, Dec. 18, 1894. Bill and legs orange-red ; iris brown. Nowhere common in N.E. Africa, according to Heuglin's notes ; mostly seen in the wood-region up to 7000 feet. He found it in Bogos-land, in Central Abyssinia, and in the steppes of East Senar, Fazogl, &c. It is not common in Shoa ; Mr. Jackson only met with it once, at Kasamoja, and Dr. Reichenow has only four localities for the species-Dar-es-Salaam, Useguha, Nguruman, and the Simiu River. 117. HALCYON SEMKLERULEUS. Dacelo semiceerulea (Forsk.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 190 (1869). Halcyon semiceerulea, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 113 (1884), vi. p. 223 (1888); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 395; Oust, t.c. p. 4; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xvii. p. 232 (1892); id. Ibis, 1892, p. 317 : Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 553 (1894: Webbe River); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 132 (1894). A. d ad.; o. Ad. Gelaydee, Jan. 13, 1895. Bill vermilion; legs dark red ; iris brown. This Kingfisher extends all over the warmer parts of N.E. Africa, and Heuglin gives its northern limit as 16° N. lat. In October he met with it on the Aclail and Somali coast, in Abyssinia to 8000 feet, north to Bogos-land and Takah, on the Blue and White Niles, westward to the Djur district. In Shoa it is said by Antinori to be common in all the woods along the streams of the " Kolla "; Mr. Jackson procured it in the Siik country, and Dr. Reichenow gives many localities from Bagamoyo to Bussissi. 118. HALCYON CHELICUTENSIS. Dacelo tschelicutensis (Stanl.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 192 (1869). Halcyon chelicutensis, Oust, Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1895, No. XXXII. 32 |