iC) cokaciid;r cokacias 



last-named continent, and four of these have heeu obtained within 



our limits. 



Kqj of the Sijecies. 



A. Outer tail-feathers not clonj^ated. 



a. No nuchal patch ; blue below (J. (jafrala^, \i. \^. 



h. A white nuchal patcli ; below, lilac with 



white streakH C. jnosaiuhican, p. 51. 



]3. Outer tail-feathern elongated. 



c. No expanded racquet on the elongated tail- 

 feathers ; prhiiary coverts silvery-blue ... C. caudalan, p. 48. 



b. Outer tail-feathers ending in a racquet- 



shaped expansion ; primary coverts pur- 

 plish-blue, like the primaries C. HpalulatuH, p. .50. 



400. Coracias garrulus. European Boiler. 



Coracias garrula, Liiui. ,Si/hI. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 159 (1766) ; Layard, 

 B. S. Afr. p. 60 (1867) ; Gurney, Ihis, 1872, p. ,'36; Ayrc8,Ihi8, 1874, 

 p. 102 [Potchefstrooni] ; Sharpc, ed. Layard'n, B. S. Afr. pp. 102, 

 80.'3 (187.0-84) ; SheUuy, Ihin, 187.5, p. 68 [i'inetown] ; Barratt, Ibis, 

 1876, p. 198 [LydenburgJ ; Gates, Matabeleland, p. 5302 (1881) ; 

 liolub d- I'cheln, Orn. Siid-Afrikas, p. 61 (1882); Shelley, IMs, 

 1882, p. 242 [Palapye] ; Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. ;527 [Kroo)istad] ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. l-O (1892) ; Dresser, Monoyr. Corae. p. 19, 

 pi. 7 (1893) ; licndall. Ibis, 1896, p. 167 [liarberton]; Shelley, B. 

 Afr. i, p. 109 (1896) ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 87 (1899) ; 

 Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 246 [Salisbury]. 



Coracias abyssinicus, La.yard (nee Bodd.), B. S. Afr. p. 60 (1867). 



Coracias garrulus loquax, lieichenoiv, Ornith. Monatsb. vii, p. 191 

 (1899). 



" IJlue Jay " of the English colonists. 



Vescriplion. Female. — Crown and nape a greenisli-blue, back, 

 scapulars, and inner secondaries light brown ; wing-coverts pale 

 blue, purplish on the carpal bend and ulna, and with brown tips 

 to some of the feathers ; v^^ing-quills purplish-black above, bright 

 purplish-blue below, with black tips ; rump a purijlish-blue, tail- 

 coverts a more greenish-blue, two centre tail-feathers dusky ashy- 

 green, the others green at the base, blackish on the inner web, with 

 a black shaft and pale green tips, the outer pair only tipped with 

 jjlack ; below, a pale greenish-blue, with whiter shaft marks on the 

 chin and throat and a slight brown shading on the breast. 



Iris dark grey or ha/cl ; bill black ; legs and feet brownish- 

 yellow. 



Length aljout 13-0; wing 7-70; tail 5-20; culmen 1-30; 

 tarsus 0-80. 



