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218 — 220. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 6, 1905. 



254. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 19, 1905. 



Bill, crimson, base whitish ; iris, light brown ; feet, 

 grey ; orbit, whitish. 



Seen sparingly in flocks on the Loangwa. 



" Cherenge " of the Asenga. 



All these obtained in native gardens where the millet 

 was being harvested. 



The occurrence of this Nyasa-land species in the 

 Loangwa Valley is decidedly interesting. 



Order CORACIIFORMES. 

 Family CORACIIDyE. 



59. Coracias caudatus. 



Coracias caudata, Linn., " Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 160 (1766: 

 Angola); Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 84. 



Coracias caudatus, Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 17, p. 21 ; 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 555 (Mwanza, Lake Shirwa, and 

 Songwe), Id., Ibis, 1901, p. 592 (Lindipe) ; Reichen., 

 "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 223; W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. 

 Africa, Birds," vol. 3, p. 48. 



27, 28. $ $ ad. W. bank of Loangwa, Feira district. 

 August 11, 1904. 



302. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. July 5, 1905. 



Bill, black ; iris, dull brown ; feet, yellowish-brown. 



Common in Loangwa Valley, but not seen west of 

 the Mchinga Escarpment. 



" Choli " of all the local tribes. 



60. Coracias spatulatus. 



Coracias spatulatus, Trimen, P.Z.S., 1880, p. 31 (Tschobe, 

 Zambesi); Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 17, p. 22; 

 Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 221; W. L. Sclater, 

 " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 3, p. 50. 



