from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 679 



by a side-to-side oscillation, and was observed hawking for 

 locusts.— A. E. P.] 



217. CORACIAS LORTI. 



Coracias lorti Shelley ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 317. 



a,b. S S ' Hiilul, S. Abyssinia, 1st Dec. Nos. 141, 144. 



c. S ■ Sequala, S. Abyssinia, 26th Jan. No. 399. 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull yellow-green. 



[Lort Phillips's Roller was restricted generally, so far as 

 we observed, to Somaliland, though we obtained a solitary 

 specimen near Mt. Sequala. — A. E. P.] 



218. Coracias n^evius. 



Coracias ncevius Daud. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 318; 1901, 

 p. 292. 



a,b. c? c? • Huliil, S. Abyssinia, 3rd Dec. Nos. 166, 167. 



c. c?. Fullfully, S. Abyssinia, 5th Dec. No. 190. 



d. ? . Moulou R., S. Abyssinia, 13th Dec. No. 236. 



e. ? . Jello, S. Abyssinia, 16th Feb. No. 512. 



/. ^. Arbawun, S. Abyssinia, 11th Mar. No. 664. 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull or dusky yellow. 



[The White-naped Roller was very common, and was often 

 seen sitting at the end of bare or dead branches or on the 

 tops of dead trunks of trees. It was very easily approached. 

 —A. E. P.] 



219. PCEOCEPHALUS FLAVIFRONS. 



Pceocephalus flavifrons (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 318. 



a. ? . Roguecha, S. Abyssinia, 14th Feb. No. 501. 



Iris orange-brown ; upper mandible black-grey along the 

 ridge, lower mandible greyish white; legs black. 



[The Yellow-fronted Parrot was seen only on the higher 

 Hawash and near the Meki River. — A. E. P.] 



220. PffiOCEPHALUS RUFIVENTRIS. 



Pceocephalus rufiventris (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 318; 1901, p. 292. 



a. c? . Somadu, Somaliland, 13th Nov. No. 29. 



b. $ . Dahol, Somaliland, 15th Nov. No. 60. 



