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locality have a more decided green wash on the inner webs 

 of the flight-feathers on their underside. This character is 

 found in young birds from both places and can be traced in 

 east African adults, though the majority of these have more 

 blackish inner webs. 



A. p. vgand(£ Neumann (Nov. Zool. vol. xv. 1908, p. 38 : 

 Entebbe) does not appear to differ from northern birds. 

 Unfortunately, Neumann did not compare his specimens 

 with Nubian birds, but with western ones. Western 

 specimens are certainly somewhat different from eastern 

 ones, both in the way I have pointed out and in the 

 darker blue rump of some of the Avestern specimens, but at 

 present I do not consider the evidence sufficient to warrant 

 naming a new race. 



132. Coracias abyssinus abyssinus. Abyssinian Roller. 

 Coracias abyssiavs Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783, p. 38 : 



Abyssinia ; cf. D'Aub. PI. Enl. vol. iii. 1774, p. 175, 

 pi. 626. 



a,b. S ^ ad- Turkwel River, 1900 ft. Jan. 14. 



c. ? ad. Nakwai Hills, 3600 ft. Feb. 8. 



Total length in flesh : S ISj inches ; 2 16f & 15j inches. 

 "Wing: S 155 mm. ; $ 160 & 153 mm. 



All are in good dress and a little worn. 



[Irides brown ; bill black ; legs and toes dirty yellow or 

 dirty greenish yellow. A good many seen, but not 

 plentiful.] 



133. Coracias caudatus caudatns. Lilac- breasted Roller. 

 Coracias caudata Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 160: 



Angola. 



a. S ad. Mau, 7000 ft. Sept. 30. 



Total length in flesh : 15^ inches. Wing: 170 mm. 



In good dress and just a little worn. 



[Irides light brown ; bill black ; legs and toes dirty 

 greenish yellow.] 



In naming this bird I have carefully compared and 

 examined all the Rollers from southern, eastern, and western 

 Africa, and cannot see any characters which warrants 



