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s ta te th a t its food consists o f fish, which i t catches afte r th e manner o f o u r Kingfisher bv
p lu n ^m g in to th e water. The female differs from tho male only in havin»- the base o f the
i n t a ? L T t ¥ . i ¥ h e d ? - t J h to the no?es o f in a j De aistmg iiish ed by th e back, which is of a green ish blue, and byt hietlse sOlior-ihMtlfyi osmIoagllic*i-'
! ! ! ; i r e v !¥ I ‘- I washed with sh ining blue, and the blue of the other
p a rts o f th e body is less b rig h t th an in th e ad u lt bh-d.
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" t o “ ® '™ '' to '>® 'ifo .» ow e v e r, th a t th e bird to which Mr. Ayres here refers is Akedo
¥ °™ th e specuneils collected by him and afterwards presented by Mr
Gu rn ey to the Museum a t Kiims’ Lyiin is labelled Akedo quadribecwhye, b u t b e lo n v s £ a lly
to th e above-named species. Moreover, on my writin g to Mr. Ayres to forward me“ a Natal
specimen o f th e p resen t species, h e sent me A . semitorquata. I have, however, g iven 'th e
hhee 'hliihm¥s,eTlff \sh oIt a pan- on th e Buffalo Rivefro fi n“ 1y8 3tW2.ond -'I- J u le s Verre.au.x a ssu re ! me th a t
The description and measurements, as well as the accompanyiuv figure arc from a f i n e
specimen in my collection from Gaboon. ® '' ° “ ’ ' ” *®
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