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Coracias habessiiiica, Hempr. Sf Ehr. St/mb. Plnja. fol. z (1828) ; 



Heuql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 174 (1869); Dresser ^ Blanf. Ibis, 



1874, p. 387. 

 Coracias caudata {nee L.), Waqler, Syst. Av., Coracias, sp. 2 



(1827) ; Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 62 (1845) ; id. Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus. 



p. 34 (1848).' 

 Coraciura abyssinica, Bp, Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7 (1854). 



Adult female. Similar to G. garrula, but with the outer tail- 

 feather elongated to a great length : " bill black ; feet greenish 

 yellow; iris brown" {W.Jesse). Total length 18 inches, culmen 

 1"05, wing 6'7, tail 5*4, outer tail-feather 11"3, tarsus 0-85. 



Adult male. Similar to the female. Total length 16-3 inches, 

 culmcu l-4o, wing 6'3, tail 5, outer tail-feather 10*4, tarsus 0-8. 



Hub. North-eastern Africa and Senegambia, as well as the in- 

 terior of the Niger district. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 

 e,f. c? $ ad. 



sk. 

 g. S ad. sk. 



h, i. Ad. sk. 

 k. 5 ad. sk. 



I. 2 ad. sk. 



m. Ad. sk. 

 ■n,o,p. Ad.sk. 

 q, r. Skeletons. 



River Gambia {Sir A. Shelley Coll. 



Molanei/). 



R. Gambia. Sharps Coll. 



Dakar, Senegal {L. Lnglaize). Tweeddale Coll. 



Nubia. Shelley Coll. 



Kokai, Bogos-Land, July ( W. Tweeddale Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 W.T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Sir S. Baker [P.]. 



India Museum. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C], and W. Jesse, 



Esq. 



Kokai, July. 



Bogos-Land {Esler). 

 Makan, Abyssinia, April. 



Lake Ashangi, April {W. 



White Nile. 



Shoa {Sir W. C. Harris). 



Abyssinia. 



5. Coracias lorti. 



? Coracias caudata, Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 1, p. 173 (18G9). 

 Coracias caudata {nee L.), Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov, (2) i. p. 115 



(1884). ^ 



Coracias lorti, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 399 : Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 



(2) vi. p. 224 (1888). 



Adult (type of species). Similar to C. caudata, but having the 

 lilac throat arrested at the fore neck, the whole of the under surface 

 from the fore neck downwards being blue as in C abyssinica. Total 

 length 13-5 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 6-31, tail 4-5, outer tail- 

 feather 7, tarsus 0'8. 



Bah. Erom Shoa to Somali-Land. 



