318 Mr. W. K. Ogilvie Grant on Bln/s 



[Never met with in A])yssinia, where its phice is taken by 

 Coracias abijssinicus — L.] 



219. Coracias ni':vius. 



Coracias naviusVi^ndi.', Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 24 (1893) ; id P. Z. S. 189.5, p. 496; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1898, p. 416; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 75. 



a. S- Ticka Tcheeka, Abyssinia, 22 February, 1899. 

 (No. 362.) 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull yellow. 



[This Roller was seen only on the western side of Shoa, 

 aud then rarely. — L.] 



2'20. EURVSTOMUS AKER. 



Eurystomus afer (Lath.) ; Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 30(1892). 



a. ? . Guatti, Abyssinia, 27 March, 1899. (No. 452.) 



Iris brown ; bill yellow ; legs greenish yellow. 



[This Holler was seen only in the Nile Valley, where its 

 hoarse note makes it easily distinguishable. On the Blue 

 Nile lai'ge numbers of these or very similar birds were seen 

 towards dusk, chasing moths after the manner of Night- 

 jars.— L.] 



221. PCEOCEPHALUS FLAVIFRONS. 



Pceocephalus flavifrons (Rilpp.) ; Salvad. Cat B. Brit. 



Mus. XX. p. 369 (1891). 



a. ? . Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 130.) 

 Iris orange-red ; upper mandible dark, lower light brown; 



legs dark brown. 



222. Pceocephalus rutiventris. 



Pyocephalus rvfiventris (Riipp.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. XX. p. 372 (1891) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 494. 



a. (J. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 19 January, 1899. (No. 

 235.) 



Iris orange-brown; bill and legs dark. 



223. Agapornis tarant.e. 



Agapornis taranta (Stanl.) ; Sal .'ad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 XX. p. 509 (1891). 



