106 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
ish brown, the ring round the eyes greenish yellow, (Andersson,) iris 
dark hazel (Buckley). 
Total length, 15 inches ; wing, 7:0; tail, 5:5. 
Fig. Des Murs, Iconogr. Orn. pl. 28. - 
101. Eorystomus arer. Cinnamon Roller. 
This small Roller was observed on the Zambesi by Dr. Kirk, who 
writes respecting it:—*‘ Local, and observed rarely near Teté. Fre- 
quent in the river-valley at Chibisa on the River Shiré. Its habits 
resemble those of Ooracias caudata.” In other parts of Africa the 
species is plentiful. 
General colour cinnamon brown, with a distinct lilac gloss: least 
wing-coverts bordering the edge of the wing, and the greater coverts 
deep ultramarine, the inner ones inclining to cobalt; quills black, 
externally washed with ultramarine, the outer web of the primaries 
inclining to cobalt; the under surface of the wing greyish black 
glossed with cobalt; upper tail-coverts dull cobalt; tail silvery 
cobalt, inclining to white on the inner web, the middle feathers 
brown washed with blue, the extremities of all the feathers banded 
with black, more narrowly on the outer ones; under tail-coverts 
cobalt: bill deep yellow: legs pale yellowish olive: iris olivaceous. 
Total length, 10 inches ; culmen, 0:95; wing, 6°95; tail, 4°3 ; 
tarsus, 0°65. 
The species is to be distinguished by its yellow bill, which is very 
stout, and as broad at base as it is long. 
Tig. evaillant, Rolliers, pl. 35. 
Fam. TROGONIDZ. 
102. HapaLODERMA NARINA. Narina Trogon, 
Apaloderma narina, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 61. 
This brilliantly plumaged bird is found throughout the forests 
and wooded kloofs in all the eastern portions of the colony. About 
the Knysna it is scarce, but this was the only locality where the late 
Mr. Andersson procured the species, and Victorin also met with it 
there from September to November. Most of the specimens which 
we have seen have been from Natal, where, says Captain Shelley, 
“it is not uncommon in the thick woods about Durban and Pine 
Town.” Dr. Kirk writes :— In the Zambesi this is decidedly a 
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