194 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



Mr. Jesse has given the following note on this species (/. c.) : — 

 " Iris brown ; legs and feet dirty greenish yellow. Procured 

 between Koomaylee and Soosoo, 22nd March, 1 868 ; Senafe, 

 May 13th. The only specimens I ever saw were shot about 

 there, or up the passes through which the expedition passed. 

 It was plentiful at Kokai, on the Lebka, and along the river 

 Anseba. At Kokai, shot while hawking Flying Ants in the 

 gloaming, in company with a number of Capinmulgus inoi-natus 

 and a few Eunjstomus afer." 



Mr. Blanford (/. c.) observed this species in Abyssinia, and 

 writes as follows : — 



" This bird is very much rarer than the last (C. abijssinica) on 

 the highlands. I only saw it twice, and failed to procure a speci- 

 men. It abounded in the subtropical region of the Anseba." 



Mr. Ayres says : — 



" This Roller is not uncommon in Natal during summer, and 

 it also occurs on the river Limpopo ; it is generally found either 

 solitary or in pairs. Young birds may be easily reared, as 

 they feed well on raw meat or insects ; but they are troublesome 

 from the loud discordant notes which they almost constantly 

 utter. They give their food a toss before swallowing it, and in 

 fact toss it down their throats." 



As regards its occurrence in South Africa, Mr. Layard ob- 

 serves (/. c.) : — 



" Levaillant procured this bird in Kaffraria. I have received 

 it from the neighbourhood of Otjimbinque in Damara Land ; 

 and one speciuien was shot near Middleburg, on the eastern side 

 of the colony, and sent to me by the late Mr. J. O'Reilly, ma- 

 gistrate of that place." 



3. CORACIAS CAUDATA. 



Coracias caudata, Linn. Syst. Nat, i. p. IGO (1766) ; Gm. 

 Syst. Nat. i. p. 380 (1788) ; Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 62 (1845) ; 

 Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 28(1846); Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 34 (1848); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 167 (1850); 

 Hartl. Beitr. Orn. W. Afr. p. 17 (1852) ; Reich. Handb. Merop. 

 p. 47 (1852); Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 124; Strickl. & Scl. 

 Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 154; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1853, p. 400; Miill. 



