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and vent ferruginous ; bill, legs and toes light red; claws dark 
horn coloured. Length from point of bill to extremity of tail 
eight inches and a half. 
Inhabits the interior of South Africa. 
Halycon Senegaloides. Upper and lateral parts of head 
and of neck grey-green; interscapulars and scapulars green ; 
back a clear dark blue-green ; shoulders and extremities of 
wing feathers black, middle of wings deep blue-green, inner 
vanes towards quills white ; tail blue-green ; throat, centre of 
belly, and vent white; breast and sides of belly greyish, bill 
and legs deep red; space between eye and base of bill black. 
Length nine inches. 
Inhabits the country about Port Natal. 
Edolius Ludwigiit. Black with a shining green gloss, most 
distinct on the upper parts and the breast; tail slightly forked ; 
bill and legs black. Length seven inches. 
Inhabits the country about Port Natal. 
Lamprotornis rufiventris. Head brown with a faint purple 
gloss; back, shoulders, throat, and breast, a shining coppery- 
green, with a brownish tint; wings brown, more or less glossed 
with green, inner vanes of feathers white towards quills ; tail 
deep shining green, belly and insides of shoulders ferruginous, 
bill and legs reddish brown. Length eight inches. 
Inhabits the interior of South Africa. 
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