30 CORACTIDiE. 



blue ; thighs lilac-brown washed with blue : " bill yellow ; feet 

 greenish yellow; iris brown " (^. Grandidier). Total length 12 

 inches, culmen I'lo, wing 8-2, tail 4-7, tarsus 0-6. 



Youmj. Much duller in colour than the adults, inclining to 

 rufous-brown on the upper surface and on the throat; the rest of 

 the under surface from the fore neck downwards washed with 

 greenish blue. 



Hah. Madagascar, and Anjuan Island. 



a. Ad. sk. Madagascar. A. Crossley [C.J. 



i. Ad.; c, rf.Juv.sk. Madagascar. Sharps CoLL. 



e. (S ad. sk. Madagascar, Oct. 13 {^Pollen Tweeddale Coll. 



and Van Dam). 

 f,g. Ad. ; h. Juv. N.E. Madagascar ( Van Dam). Shelley Coll. 



sk. 



i. Ad. sk. Anjuan Island {Sir John Shelley Coll. 



Kirk), 



k. Skeleton. M. 'N^erreaux. 



2. Eurystomus afer. 



African Roller, Lath. Gen. Syn. Sujipl. i. p. 86 (1787). 



Coraeias afra. Lath. Jnd. Orn. i. p. 172 (1790). 



Coracias africana, Shaw ^ Nodder, Nat. Misc. xi. pi. 401 (1799). 



Le Petit RoUe violet, Levaill. Ois. de Farad., Rolliers, pi. 35 (1806). 



Colaris afra, Ciiv. Regne Anitn. i. p. 401 (1817j ; Reichenb. Handh., 



Merop. p. 56, Taf. 438. figs. .3201, 3202 (1852). 

 Eurystomus purpurascens, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxix. p. 427 



(1819) ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anis. p. 7 (1854). 

 Eurystomus rubescens, Vieill. N. Diet. xxix. p. 426 (1819) ; Swains. 



B. W. Afr. ii. p. 112 (1837). 

 Eurystomus afi'a, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 97 (1826) ; Gray, Gen. 



B. i. p. 62 (1845) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 168 (1850J • Antin. Cat. 



deser. Ucc. p. 27 (1865). 

 Colaris purpurascens, Wagler, Syst. Av. Colaris, sp. 2 (1827). 

 Colaris viridia, Wagler, op. cit. sp. 5 (1827) ; Reichenb. Handh., 



Merop. p. 57 (1852). 

 Eurystomus orientalis {nee L.), Riipp. Syst. Uehers. p. 23 (1845) ; 



Heugl. Syst. Uebers.-p. 17 (1856). 

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



p. 168 (1850). 

 Eurystomus afer, Gray, Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mm. p. 32 (1848) ; Strickl. 



P. Z. S. 1850, p. 216 ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anis. p. 7 (1854) ; Verr. 



Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1855, p. 414 ; HaHl Orn. W.-Afr. p. 28 



(1857) ; Cass. Proc. PMlad. Acad. 1859, p. 33 ; Hartl. J.f. 0. 1861, 



p. 104; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 324; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, 



p. 142 (1867) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. i. p. 169 (1869) ; Gratj, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 76, no. 911 (1869) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 193 ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1869, p. 569; Blanf. Geol. Sr Zool. Abyss, p. 320 (1870) ; 



Fi7iseh, Tram. Z. S. vil p. 220(1870); Shnrpe, Ibis, 1871, ^.274:; 



Shelley ^ Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 286 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 48 ; 



Reiclien. J.f. 0. 1875, p. 14 ; Sharpe i^- Bonvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. 



France, i. pp. 39, 303 (1876) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 2 ; Ayres, 



Ibis, 1877, p. 342 ; Cab. J.f. O. 1878, p. 234 ; Fischer ^ Reichen. 



J.f. 0. 1879, p. 343 ; Oust. N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Bull. p. 71 (1879) ; 



Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 85 (1881); Gu)-ney, Ibis, 1881, p. 124; 



