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CORACIIDJI. 



shafts of some of the feathers being traced by longitudinal lines of 

 white ; rest of the under surface of body, with the under wing- and 

 tail-coverts, brilliant greenish cobalt : " bill black ; feet greenish 

 yellow; iris yellowish brown, the ring round the eye greenish 

 yellow" (C. J. Andersson). Total length 15 inches, culmen 1-4, 

 wing 7, tail 5*5, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 13-5 

 inches, culmen 1-3, wing (3-3, tail 7, tarsus 0-8. 



Nab. Interior of South Africa to Angola on the West and to the 

 Zanzibar region on the East Coast, as far as Uzinza. 



«. Imm. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Juv. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 

 c,f. S ad. sk. 



g. c? ad. sk. 

 h. 2 ad. sk. 



i. (S ad. sk. 



k. Ad. sk. 



I. Ad. sk. 

 m. Ad. sk. 

 n-q. Ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 r. Ad. St. 

 s. Ad. sk. 



t. Ad.sk. 



u,v. Ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 w, X. Ad. sk. 



y, z, a'. Ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 b', c. 2 ^d. et 



juv. sk. 

 d', e'. J 2 ^<^- 



sk. 

 f. 2 ad. sk. 



(J ad. sk. 

 Ad. sk. 

 c5' juv. sk. 



Durban, Natal ( Gordge). 

 Oliphant's Nek. 



Magaliesberg, Transvaal. 



Limpopo, May 12 (TF. Ayres). 

 Transvaal, July ( T. E. Buck- 



leij). 

 Matabele-Land (Dr. Exton). 

 Geruah {F. Oates). 



1st Makalaka Kraal, Aug. 18 



{F. Oates). 

 Makalaka Country (Dr. Brad- 



shaw). 

 Zambesi River. 

 Zambesi River (Dr. Meller). 

 Tete, Zambesi (Sir J. Kirk). 



Zanzibar. 



Pangani River, E. Africa {Sir 

 J. Kirk). 



Dar-es-Salaam (E. C. Buxton). 



Useri River, east of Kilima- 

 njaro, July. 



Mombasa (Jiev. T. Wakefield). 



Mombasa. 



Otjimbinque, Damara-Land, 

 Feb., July {C.J. Andersson). 



Otjimbiuque, Jan., May (C. 

 J. A.). 



Ilumbe, Cunene River {J. 

 Anchieta) . 



Iluilla, Benguela {J. Anchieta). 



Loando {J. Thompson). 



Ambriz, April (J. J. Monteiro). 



Shelley Coll. 



F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



[C.J. 

 Gurney Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



W. E. & CO. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 W. E. & C. (Jr. Gates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Shelley Coll.' 



Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Livingstone Exped. 



Massena Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



H. C. V. Hunter, 



Esq. fP.]- 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Rev. A. F. Buxton 



[P.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Tweeddale CoU. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



7. Coracias spatulatus. 



Coracias spatulata, Trimen, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 30; Bocaye, Orn. 

 Angola, p. 536 (1881) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 243 ; Tristr. Ibis, 

 1888, p. 266 : Emin, J. f. O. 1891, p. 59 (Ugogo). 



