This beautiful Hawk was met with occasionally in most parts of central Africa, but not in any abundance. It was the only species of the family which the officers of the expedition were enabled to preserve and bring home.
| Ordo. | Insessores. | V. in Linn. Trans. |
| Tribus. | Fissirostres. | Cuv. |
| Fam. | Todidæ. | V. in Linn. Trans. |
| Genus. | Eurystomus. | Vieill. |
Species 3.—Eurystomus Madagascariensis.
- Coracias Madagascariensis. Gmel. I. 379.
- Le Rolle de Madagascar. Pl. Enl. 501.
- Madagascar Roller. Lath. Gen. Hist. III. p. 79.
| Fam. | Halcyonidæ. | V. in Linn. Trans. |
| Genus. | Halcyon. | Swains. |
Species 4.—Halcyon erythrogaster.
- Alcedo erythrogaster. Temm.
- Alcedo Senegalensis, var. γ. Lath. Ind. Orn. 249.
- Martin Pecheur du Senegal. Pl. Enl. 356, fig. inf.
The birds of this species were met with in abundance in those situations near rivers which form the usual resort of the species of this family. They were more particularly observed in the tamarind trees.
| Tribus. | Conirostres. | Cuv |
| Fam. | Corvidæ. | Leach. |
| Genus. | Coracias. | Linn. |
Species 5.—Coracias Senegalensis.