26 CORACIID^. 



Coracia8 nuchalis (ncc Swains.), Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 60 (18G7) ; 

 Chapm. Trav. S. Afr., App. p. 408 (1868). 



Coracias nnevia {nee DaucL), Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 190; Gurnet/ in 

 Anderss. B. Dam.-Ld. p. 54 (1872) ; Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 363 ; 

 Boeaqe, Orn. Ayu/ola, p. 83 (1881) ; Sharpe in Oates' Matabek-Land, 

 p. 302 (1881) ; 'id. ed. Lai/ard's B. S. Afr. pp. 103, 805 ; Shellei/, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 243 ; At/res, Ibis, 1886, p. 284 ; Symonds, Ibis, 1887, 

 p. 327. 



Coracias nsevia levaillanti (nee Temm.), Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 899. 



Coracias mosambica. Dresser, Ibis, 1890, p. 385. 



Adult male. Similar to (7. nctvia, but larger, -witL a larger bill, 

 and baving tbe crown olive like tbe back, instead of being lilac- 

 red ; tbe tbroat also is washed witb dull purplisb, ■wbich causes it 

 to contrast with tbe rest of the under surface, which is lilac-red : 

 " bill black ; feet dull greenish yellow ; iris ashy brown " {T. 

 Ayres). Total length 14 inches, culmcn 1-8, M'ing 7"5, tail 5-5, 

 tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 13 inches, 

 culmen 1*6, wing 7'2, tail 5*7, tarsus I'Oo. 



Hah. South Africa, from the Orange River to the Zambesi on 

 the east and to Angola on the west. 



a. Ad. sk. South Africa (E. L. Layard). Sharpe Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Orange Free State. A. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Transvaal {T. Ayres). Sharpe Coll. 



d. ? ad. sk. Transvaal, July {T. E. Buck- Shelley Coll. 



ley). 

 €. S ad. sk. Rusteuberg, June 24 (7". Gurney Coll. 



Ayres). 

 f. S ad. sk. Matabele-Land, Sept. {T. E. SheUey Coll. 



Buckley). 

 y. S ad. sk. 2nd Makalaka Kraal, Sept. (F. W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Oates). Esqrs. [P.]. 



/*. Ad. sk. Otjimbinque,Damara-Land(C Tweeddale Coll. 



J. Andersson). 

 i. 2 ad. sk. Otjimbiuque, March (C. /. Sharpe Coll. 



Andersson). 

 k. Juv. sk. Ondonga, Ovampo, Jan. (C Shai-pe CoU. 



J. A.). 

 I. c? ad. sk. Caconda, Benguela, June (J. Shelley Coll. 



Anchieta). 

 m. S imm. sk. Ambriz, Angola, Feb. {J. J. Sharpe Coll. 



Monteiro). 



10. Coracias temmincki. 



Le Rollier Temminck, Levaill. Ois. Parad. Rollieis, iii. Suppl. 



p. 46. fig. G (1806). 

 Galgulus temmincki, Vieill. N. Diet. xxix. p. 435 (1819). 

 Rollier d'Urville, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. Astrol, Atlas, pi. 16. 

 Coracias papuensis, Quoy et Gaim. op. cit. Zool. i. p. 220 (1830). 

 Coracias pileata, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anis.'^. 7 (1854, ex Reinw. MSS.). 

 Eurystomus pileatus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 316. 



