144 South African Institution. 



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 Ludwigii. 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. 



Lamprotomis 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 tbe interior of South Africa. 



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