32 



CORACTJD^. 



y. Ad.; z. Juv. Usambara Mountains {Sir J. Shelley Coll. 



sk. 



«'. Ad. sk. 

 b', c'. Ad. sk. 



(/'. Ad. 8k. 



<">/'■ d ad. sk. 



ff'. 5 ad. sk. 



h'. 2 ad. sk. 

 i'. Ad. sk. 



Kirk). 



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

 Mombasa. 



Mombasa, Feb. 



Kilimanjaro, 3000 feet. 



Tingasi, Equatorial Africa, 



July 16. _ 

 Kutsehugali, Niam-Niam, Sept. 

 Barka (Esler). 



A.', r. S 2 ^^- sk. Kokai, Lebka River, July. 

 »«'. S <i>i. sk. Kokai, July 12 ( W. Jesse). 



Shelley Coll. 



Eev. A. F. Buxton 



[P-]- 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 H. II. Johnston, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 Emin Pasha [P.]. 



F. Bohndorff[C.]. 



Sharpe Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



3. Eurystomus gularis. 



Le Petit Rolle violet a gorge bleue, Levaill. Ois. de Parad. Holliers, 



pi. 36 (1806). 

 Eurystomus gularis, Vieill. N. Diet, d'llist. Nat. xxix. p. 246 (1819) ; 



Jard. ^ Selby, III. Orn. ii. pi. 409 (c. 18.30) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 62 (1845) ; id. Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mm. p. 33 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 168 (1850) ; id. Consp. Volua\ Anis. p. 7 (18-54) ; Verr. Rev. 



et Mag. de Zool. 1855, p. 415; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 29 (1857) ; 



Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 33 ; Hartl. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 104 ; 



Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, p. 143 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 76, no. 909 (1869) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 484, 1871, p. 278; 



SJielley ^ Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 286 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 49 ; 



Reiehen. J.f. 0. 1875, p. 14; Scl. Ibis, 1876, p. 247; Oust. N. 



Arch. Mus. (2) ii. p. 130 (1879) ; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mm. vii. 



p. 159 (1865). 

 Colaris gularis, Wagler, Syst. Av. Colaris, sp. 3 (1827) ; Reichenb. 



Handb., Merop. p. 57, Taf. 438. fig. 3203 (1852). 

 Eurystomus coUaris, Vig. Zool. Journ. v. p. 273 (1832). 

 Comopio gularis, Cab. c^- Seine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 119, note 



(i860). 



Adult. Similar to E. glaucurus, but smaller, and of about the same 

 size as E. afer. It differs from both species, however, in having 

 black upper tail-coverts, cinnamon under tail- coverts like the abdo- 

 men, and a large patch of greenish cobalt on the throat : " bill horn- 

 brown, yellow at base ; feet greyish brown ; iris dark" {A. Reich- 

 enow). Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 1, wing 5"9, tail 3'4, 

 tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. West Africa, from Liberia to Gaboon. 



a. Ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. St. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



/, g, k. Ad. sk. 

 «'. Ad. sk. 



Sierra Leone. 



Gold Coast. 



Fantee {R. F. Blissett). 



Wasa Province, March 



F. B.). 

 Wasa. 



Denkera {H. T. Ussher). 

 Gaboon ( Walker). 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Leyden Museum. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 {H. Sharpe Coll. 



Sir R. Burton & Capt. 



Cameron [P.T. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



