4. CORACIAS. 11 



Coracias tengalensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. lo9 (1766) ; Pearson, J. A. S. 

 Bcng. X. p. 651 (1841); Hodrjs. Icon, inecl, Passeres, pi. xii. fio-. 1 

 (uo. 613) ; id. iyi Grai/'s Zoo}. Misc. p. 82 (1844) ; Cab. et Heine 

 il/«s. iZ'em. Th. ii. p. ]18(18o9). ' 



Indian Roller, Lath. Gen. Sijn. i. pt. i. p. 412 (1781). 



Le Rollier rarie d'Afrique, Levaill. Ois. Parad. et RoUiers, p. 80 

 pi. 28 (1806). > V- ^, 



Garndus nsevius {nee Licht.), Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxix. 

 p. 431, pi. 6. %. 4 (1819). 



Galgulus nrevius {nee Licht.), Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 868 (1823) 



Coracias nfevius {nee Licht.), Wagler, Si/sf. Ai: Coracias, spec. 3, 

 p. 217 (1827). 



Coracias bengaleusis indica, Te))i7n. Tabl. Meth. p. 10 (1839). 

 Adiilt male. Above drab-brown, with a wash of oil-green under 

 certain lights ; rump greenish blue, washed with purple : the upper 

 tail-coverts more purple, edged with greenish blue : the lesser wing- 

 coverts bright purplish blue, remainder of the wing- coverts greenish 

 blue, the greater coverts lighter at their ends ; bastard-wino- and 

 primary-coverts silvery cobalt, with dusky blue tips : quills purplish 

 blue, the inner secondaries like the back, the primaries with a 

 bright band of silvery cobalt decreasing in size towards the centre 

 of the wmg ; all but the outer primaries Avith a basal mark of 

 silvery cobalt, mostly concealed by the greater coverts ; centre tail- 

 feathers green, with a median wash of blue, the rest of the feathers 

 purpbsh blue at the base, succeeded by a broad band of silvery 

 cobalt and terminated with a baud of puri^ish blue; crown of 

 head and nape green, with a slight wash of verditer, and a streak 

 of greenish blue above the eyes; base of forehead sandy buff, 

 succeeded by a shade of purplish lilac ; lores and feathers below' 

 the eye reddish buff; fore part of cheeks and chin sandy buff with 

 a purplish shade ; sides of face, ear-coverts, throat, and chest pur- 

 plish lilac, with greenish-white shafts to the feathers ; sides of neck 

 and a collar round the hind neck purplish lilac, the latter with a 

 slight wash of oil-green ; breast lilac-brown : abdomen thio-h« 

 under wing- and tail-coverts sHvery cobalt : " bill blackish brown^ 

 paler at the base of the lower mandible; inside of mouth pale 

 greenish yellow: feet brownish yellow; eyelid and naked skin 

 round the eye pale gamboge ; iris greyish brown "' {E. A. Batler) 

 Total length 12 inches, ciUmen 1-5, wing 7-3, tail 5, tarsus 0-95. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male in colour : " legs and feet 

 yeUowish olive ; iris brown " {E. A. Buthr). Totaf leno-th 1"^ 

 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 7-15, tail o-2, tarsus 1. 



Hah. From Asia Minor to Persia and N". Arabia, thence to Balu- 

 chistan. The whole of the Indian Peninsula and Ceylon. 

 a, b Ad. sk. Muscat, Arabia. Colonel Miles fP.I. 



c. 2ad.sk. Muscat. W. T. Blauford, Esq. 



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d. Ad. sk. Fao, Persian Gidf. W.D. Gumming, Esq. 



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e. 2 ad. sk. Bampusht, Baluchistan, W. T. Blauford. E^q. 



March. re "] 



/. ? ad. sk. Dera Ghazi Khan. Iliime Coll. 



