5. EURYST0MT7S. 29 



h'". Terminal half of tail black, distinctly 

 shaded with purplish blue ; secondaries 

 black, externally shaded with purplish 

 blue like the tail, 

 a^. Head aud mantle pale greenish brown ; 

 under surface of body pale greenish 

 blue ; base of tail greenish blue .... australis, p. 36. 

 6*. Head aud mantle blackish ; under 

 surface of body blue. 



a^. Smaller : wing 7'4 inches calonyx, p. 38. 



6\ Larger : wing 7"9 inches crassirostris, p. 39. 



d". Bill entirely red, with no black tip to the 



cuhnen ; wing 7'7-7"9 inches solomoneiisis, p. 40. 



d'. Entire under surface of body purplish blue, 



with no bright gular patch azureus, p. 40. 



1. Eurystomus glaucurus. 



Le Rollier de Madagascar, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 148 (1775). 



Le Rolle de Madagascar, Daubent. PI. Enl. iii. pi. 501. 



Coracias glaucurus, P. L. S. Milller, S. N. Auhang, p. 86 (1776) ; 



Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 242. 

 Madagascar Roller, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 1, p. 413 (1781). 

 Coracias orientalis (nee L.), Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 29 (1783). 

 Coracias madagascariensis, Henn. Tahl. Affin. Anim. p. 197 (1783) ; 



Gm. S. iV. i.p. 379(1788). 

 Le Grand Rolle Violet, Levaill. Ois. Parad. Rolliers, p. 96, pi. 34 



(1806). 

 Colaris madagascariensis, Ctivier, B^gne Anim. p. 401 (1817) ; 



Beichenb. Hamlh., Merop. p. 56, Taf. 428. fig. 3200 (1852). 

 Eurystomus violaceus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxix. p. 426 



(1819). 

 Colaris violaceus, Wayl. Syst. Av. Colaris, sp. 1 (1827). 

 Eurystomus madagascariensis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 62 (1845) ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 168 (1850); id. Consp. Volucr. Anis. p. 7 (1854); 



Hurtl. Faun. Madag. p. 27 (1861); Boch Sf E. Newt. Ibis, 1862, 



p. 270, 1863, p. 176 ; E. Neiot. Ibis, 1863, p. 341 ; Schl. Mas. 



Pays-Bas, Coraces, p. 143 (1867) ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 



1867, p. 354; Schl. ^ Poll. Faun. Madag., Ois. p. 103 (1868) ; 



Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 67 (1877). 

 Cornopio madagascariensis, Cab. 4" Seine, Miis. Hein. Th. ii. p. 119 



(1860). 

 Eurystomus glaucurus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 76, no. 910 (1869) ; 



SImrpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 397 ; ul. Ihis, 1871, p. 271 ; Milne-Edio. 



^ Grand. H. N. Madag., Ois. i. p. 214, pis. 80, 81, 82 (1879). 



Adult. General colour cinnamon ; lesser wing-coverts skirting the 

 edge of the wing and the greater series deep ultramarine, the re- 

 mainder like the back ; quills black, washed externally with ultra- 

 marine, the inner web cobalt on the under surface, the secondaries 

 dusky at the base, the innermost ones lilac-brown like the scapulars ; 

 lower portion of the rump and upper tail-coverts dull cobalt ; tail 

 for the most part pale cobalt-blue, with a broad band of black at 

 the tip shaded with purplish blue ; under surface of body cinnamon 

 glossed with lilac ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts greenish 



