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96. C. Caudata, Linn. ; Coracias Angolensis, Bris. ; 



C. Watalenstsl^Elclit. ; Sh., Vol. 7, PI. 1, p. 394. 

 UPPER part of head, neck, shoulders, back, and win g-co verts 

 ferruginous-green, the rusty colour appearing strongly on 

 the back ; rump bright-blue ; forehead and chin buff-coloured ; 

 under side of neck and breast ferruginous, glossed with 

 purple, the feathers of the throat having white shafts ; 

 cheeks deep ferruginous; belly and vent pale blue-green, 

 which is the colour of the tail-feathers, with the exception of 

 the two centre, and the prolonged tips of the two outer- 

 feathers, which are green, more or less inclining to black. 

 Total length, 15" ; wing, 7" ; tail, to centre feather tip, 5J" ; 

 to tip of exterior pair, 8J". 



This species is found in the same localities as C. Abyssinica ; neither 

 of them have fallen under my own observation in their natural haunts. 

 Mr. B, Moffat, jr., forwarded several specimens from Kuruman, and it 

 has been procured in Natal. 



The Fourth Family, TROGONID^E, or 

 Trogons, 



have the bill short, strong, sub- triangular, broader at the 

 base than elevated, with the top margins generally toothed ; 

 the gape furnished with bristles ; the nostrils basal, lateral, 

 more or less concealed by projecting feathers; the wings 

 moderate and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills usually 

 the longest ; tail long and even, with the lateral feathers 

 graduated ; the tarsi short, and more or less covered with 

 feathers ; the toes placed two anteriorly and two posteriorly, 

 each pair unequal. 



Genus APALODERMA, Swainson. 



Known from the others of this family by the lateral 

 margins of the upper mandible being nearly smooth, those 

 of the lower strongly sinuated ; tarsi moderate, naked, and 

 scutellated ; toes long, slender, and the two anterior ones 

 free at the base. 



But one species of this family is found within the limits 

 assigned to this list, namely 



97. Apaloderma Narina. Trogon Narina, vieiL, 



J-W N. Diet. Hist. Nat. 8, p. 318 ; Le Couroucou Narina, 



Le Vail., No. 228-9 ; Bushloorie of Colonists. Cuv., 



Vol. 2, p. 476 ; Gould, Monog. Trogons, PL 26. 



GENERAL colour above, brilliant, shining green ; tail dull 



green ; the three outer feathers on each side more or less 



