Coraciidfc of the Ethiopian Region. 191 



Le Bollier varie dans sonjeune age, Levaill. RoUiers, pi. 29 

 (1806). 



Coraciascrinita, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 401 (1809, ex Lath.) ; 

 Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 7 (1854). 



Coi'ucius nuchalis, Swains. B. of W. Afr. ii. p. 110 (1837, 

 descr. orig.); Gray, Gen. of B. I. p. 62 (1845); Hartl. Beitr. 

 Orn. Westafr. p. 17 (1852) ; Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 7 

 (1854) ; Layard, B. of S. Afr. p. 60 (1867). 



Coracias levaillanti, Temm.; Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 23(1845) ; 

 Brehm, J. f. O. 1853, p. 454; Mull. J. f. 0. 1855, p. 6; 

 Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 18 (1856). 



Adult male. Forehead, a broad eyebrow, chin, and a spot at 

 the base of the mandible white ; head, upper part of the back, 

 and scapulars reddish brown, glossed entirely with olive-green, 

 so that the latter colour shows most ; a very distinct patch of 

 feathers on the nape white ; coverts at the extx'emity and on the 

 bend of the wing brilliant ultramarine ; remainder of the least 

 wing-coverts bright lilac ; all the greater coverts reddish brown, 

 variously tinted with lilac, dull ultramarine, and olive-green ; 

 quills black; the inner web ultramarine, at the base, the outer 

 web broadly washed with ultramarine, inclining to cobalt toward 

 the tips of the first primaries ; the innermost secondaries for 

 the most part lilac, becoming ultramarine or olive-green toward 

 the tip, those nearest the back being almost entirely dull olive- 

 green like the scapulars ; lower part of the back lilac, becoming 

 bright ultramarine on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; tail 

 for the most part ultramarine, edged with olive-green toward 

 the tip, the middle feathers for the most part of the latter 

 colour, but inclining to ultramarine near the base; cheeks and 

 entire under-surface dull reddish brown, profusely striped with 

 longitudinal lines of white, which have olive-green reflections in 

 certain lights ; flanks and under tail-coverts slightly tinged with 

 ultramarine ; under wing-coverts pale lilac, verging on ultrama- 

 rine along the edge of the wing; bill black; iris olivaceous 

 brown (almost raw sienna), feet pale yellowish olive [Blanford); 

 light yellowish green {Monteiro) ; iris brown [Jesse). Total 

 length 13 inches, of bill from front 1-5, wing 7-4, tail 5*5, 

 tarsus 0'8, middle toe 1"0. 



