HALCYON SLNLGALOIDLS.
(MANGROVE KIN GFISHER).
Halcyon senegaloides
Cancrophaga senegaloides,
Halcyon irrorala, .
Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. II, p. 144 (1834).
Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854)
Eeieh. Handb. Alced. p. 11, t.cccc, fig. 3078, t.cceci, flg. 3079 (1851).
H. rostro toto rubro : pileo cinereo thalassino lavato : dorso thalassino : pectore cinereo : abdomine medio albo.
ffaÒ. in Africâ a u s tra li orientali.
H e a d a n d n a p e c in e re o u s , w ith a g re e n is h -b lu e l u s t r e ; b a c k a n d s c a p u la rie s th a la s s in e -
b lu e , v e r y b r i g h t o n th e low e r p a r t o f th e b a c k ; w in g -c o v e rts deep b la c k ; Aving-feathers
b la c k ish , w h ite a t th e b a se , th e b a s a l h a l f o f th e o u t e r web o f th e p rim a r ie s , a n d n e a r ly
th e w h o le o f th e o u t e r w e b o f th e se c u n d a rie s b r illia n t th a la s s in e - b lu e ; t a i l a b o v e b lu e ,
b e n e a th b la c k ; a s t r ip e from th e b a s e o f th e b e a k e x te n d in g backAvards o v e r th e ey e , d u sk y
c in e r e o u s ; s p o t in frori t o f th e e y e a n d r in g o f fe a th e r s ro u n d th e ey e b l a c k ; th r o a t , ab d om e n ,
u n d e r Aving a n d ta il- c o v e r ts w h ite , th e l a t t e r w a sh e d Avitli b lu e ; ch e ek s, sid e s o f th e neck,
b r e a s t a n d fla n k s c in e re o u s Avith a g re e n is h lu s tr e , a n d Avith tra n s v e rs e c in e reo u s v e rm ic u la -
t i o n s ; b i l l c o r a l - r e d ; fe e t d a r k re d d is h y e llow ; eye d a rk broAvn. T o ta l l e n g th 9 in c h e s, oi
b ill from fr o n t 2, from g a p e 2 .4 , w in g 4 .2 , ta i l 2 .6 , ta r s u s 0 .4 5 , m id d le to e 0 .8 , h iu d to e 0 .4
Hab. Natal (Sjmi/i, Ayres), Southern Mozambique {Peters).
The p resent species is rare in European Museums, aud has as }^et ouly been met AAUth in
Natal and So u th Moza mb iqu e. ^ Sir Andrew Smith, the original describer, states tfhoaot.
‘ like o th er members o f the group, Halcyon senegaloides resorts to thickets and feeds upon
insects, especially Crustacea and gi'yUce-”
Additional references.—Halcyon senega
Av. I, p. 158 (1850), Cass. Cat. Hale. Phfi. Mi
p. 265, Layard, Birds of S. Afi-. p. 63 (1867).
Hartl. & Finsch, Orn. Ost. Afr. p. 159 (1869).
ndes, Smith, IU. Zool. S. Afr. pl. 63 (1849), Bonap. Consp. Gen.
I. p. 8 (1850), Miiller, Joui-n. f. Orn. 1855, p. 7, Gurney, Ibis, 1865,
Halcyon irrorata, Cah. A'’an der Decken’s Reise, III, p. 36 (1868),
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