7i Mr. E. Lort Pliillips un Birds 



6. Melittophagus revoili (Oust.); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 398. 



Far from common. Only two pairs were noticed on the 

 lower slopes. 



7. CoRAciAs GARRULUS, Linn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 15 (1892). 



One specimen of the Common Roller was shot by Aylmer 

 at Gotten, at the foot of the Goolis, early in April. 



8. CoRACiAS N^vius (Daud.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 399. 

 This handsome bird seems to prefer the higher and more 



thickly wooded ledges of the Goolis to the open plain, where 

 I only noticed it on two occasions. Among the euphorbias, 

 however, it may be met with daily. Like its cousin, C. lorti, 

 it is very noisy and pugnacious, of tea chasing Hawks, Crows, 

 and even members of its own species to a great height, and 

 then on its return earthward I have seen it turning over 

 and over uttering loud cries as if in a paroxysm of delight at 

 having vanquished its foe. Its food seems to consist of 

 beetles and small lizards, and I have watched it catching the 

 large yellow locust on the wing. 



9. CoRAciAS LORTi, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 399. 



This Roller, of which I obtained only two specimens in 

 1885, was very plentiful along the base of the hills, but 

 I never noticed it on the upper "ledges^' of the Goolis, 

 where, however, C, ncBvius was fairly common. Like that 

 species it was generally to be seen in pairs, and was far from 

 shy, its harsh scolding cry seldom leaving one long in ignor- 

 ance of its proximity. It is easily seen, as it loves to perch 

 on the top of the highest tree, a dead branch being always 

 preferred to a living one. 



10. ScHizoRHis LEUCOGASTER (Riipp.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 400. 



These handsome birds are fairly plentiful among the tall 

 mimosas that grow along the banks of the "tugs " or water- 

 courses, and have a curious habit of running about over the 

 flat interlaced thorny twigs, more after the manner of 



