AFES. 319 



This bird appears to range from about 2,000 feet or 



even lower to 5,000 or 6,000 feet, entirely replacing tbe 



last species in tbe tropical, and to a great extent in tbe 



subtropical zone. Its habits are precisely similar to those 



of G. leucotis. 



Family CORACIAD^. 



51. Coracias abyssinica, Bodd. 



Sherigrig of Bruce, vol. v. p. 182, with plate. 



0. abyssinicus, Gm. — Lefebvxe, p. 79. — Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 



84.— Brehm, Habesch, No. 31. 

 C. habessinicus, Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 1868, p. 319, et Om. N. O. 



Afr. No. 134. 



Iris raw limber. The habits are precisely similar 

 to those of C indica. It is frequently seen sitting on 

 trees, or on bare stems, and thence descending to, the 

 ground for insects or catching them in the air. 



This bird is not rare locally on the highlands, but by 

 no means generally distributed. I saw it occasionally 

 between Dolo and Antalo, and again rather more com- 

 monly about Lake Ashangi (8,000 feet above the sea), 

 and in some of the vaUeys further south, but not on the 

 plateaux. It was very common in the subtropical region 

 of the Anseba and Lebka, and I saw one or two birds, in 

 August, in Samhar, near the coast. It is also found in 

 Southern Arabia, and birds are occasionally seen on the 

 Eed Sea. 



52. Coracias pilosa, Lath. 



Latham, Ind. Omith. Supp. p. xxxii. 



0. nuchalis, Swainson, B. of W. Afr. p. 110.— Ferr. et Gal. iii. p. 238. 

 C. Levaillantii, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 85. 



C. pilosa, Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 1868, p. 320, et Om. N. 0. Air. 

 No. 133. 



Iris olivaceous brown (almost raw sienna), feet pale 



