396 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton on the 



the Zinyumbo Hills. They had evidently only just arrived, 

 as I had seen none, except at Gezanye, on passing though 

 the same country in December. 



The iris in a young female was umber, in an adult bird 

 hazel ; the reet in both cases were light citron-yellow. The 

 two stomachs examined contained respectively beetles and a 

 quantity of the ordinary migratory locusts in the larval 

 stage. 



163. CoRACiAS CAUDATUS, Mosclikatze's Roller. 



Rh., P. I came across this Roller on several occasions 

 during my recent journey across the low veld, noting it in 

 December at Inyajena and other points between the Umtefu 

 and Chibabava and at Muchukwana. On the 3rd and 

 4th of January I met with it between Gwaragwara and 

 Inyamita and between Inyandhlovu and the Idunda River. 

 It is a wary bird, perching on the tops of trees, and flying 

 off at once when approached. Two small crabs, two delicate 

 green Locustid grasshoppers, migratory locusts, several 

 weevils, and a large spined Inyaliopsis constituted the con- 

 tents of two stomachs examined. 



164. CoRACiAs MosAMBicus. Purplc Roller. 



Rh., P. I noticed this Roller in December on the Buzi 

 between the Idunda and Inyandhlovu, and at Boka's, and 

 again in January in the first-named locality. The iris may 

 be brown, dull chestnut, or hazel, varying with the age of 

 the bird. The feet are citron-coloured. An adult measured 

 13"8 inches in the flesh, 



165. EuRYSTOMUs AFER. Cinuamou Roller. 



Rh., P. The Cinnamon Roller reached Chirinda in 1906 

 on the 12th or 13th of October, and thenceforth frequented 

 especially the higher branches of some huge African 

 mahoganies {Khaya senegalensis, var.). In the lowlands I 

 came across single individuals (in all probability the mates 

 of sitting females) during December 1906 and January, 

 especially at Boka, Muchukwana, and, at intervals, between 

 Inyajena and Zinyumbo, particularly in the high trees 

 bordering the rivers. In 1907 these birds had again already 



