Coraciidse of the Ethiopian Region. 195 



J. f. O. 1855, p. 6; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 30 (1857) ; Cab. 

 & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 116 (1860); Hartl. J. f. 0. 1861, 

 p. 104; Scl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 12; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 160; 

 Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 324; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 824; Scbl. 

 Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, p. 135 (1867); Layard, B. of S. Afr. 

 p. 61 (1867); Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. 1867, p. 134; Heugl. 

 J. f. 0. 1868, p. 319; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 461 ; Gray, Hand-1. 

 of B. i. p. 76 (1869) ; Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. i. p. 173 (1869) ; 

 Cab. von der Deck. Reise, iii. p. 34 (1869) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1869, p. 569; Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 364; Finsch & Hartl. 

 Orn. Ost-Afr. p. 154 (1870). 



Coraciura caudata, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 7 (1854). 



Rollier d' Angola, Buff. Pi. Enl. 88. 



Coracias angolensis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 394, pi. 51 (1809, 

 ex Buff.) 



Coracias natalensis, Licht. Verz. siidafr. Thiere, p. 16 (1842). 



Coracias ncBvia, Bianc. Spec. Zool. fasc. iv. p. 52 (1851). 



Adult male. Forehead and eyebrow hoary white; head and 

 back of the neck pale glossy green, the feathers pale brown at 

 the base, giving a fuscous appearance to the plumage in some 

 places ; back and scapulars pale drab, washed with green ; lower 

 portion of the back and rump splendid cobalt, inclining to vivid 

 green on the upper tail-coverts ; all the lesser wing-coverts bril- 

 liant ultramarine ; the greater coverts greenish cobalt, some of 

 the innermost tinged with ultramarine ; quills black, the basal 

 portion silvery greenish cobalt, the primary coverts being also 

 of this colour ; the primaries externally edged with deep ultra- 

 marine, inclining to cobalt toward the extremity of the feather; 

 some of the secondaries rather broadly washed with cobalt, the 

 innermost ones drab like the back ; general colour of the tail 

 vivid greenish cobalt; the middle feathers olive-green ; the next 

 ones tinted with this colour toward the tip, and so on toward 

 the outermost, each feather being gradually less stained with 

 green; the two outer rectrices much elongated and narrowed, 

 the elongated portion gradually verging from dark blue into 

 deep black ; chin hoary white ; cheeks, throat, and upper por- 

 tion of the breast rich vinaceous, the shafts of some of the 

 feathers being traced by longitudinal lines of white ; rest of the 



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