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orange, inclining to olive ; bill and claws black. Grasshoppers or 

 locusts in stomach. 



b. $ Second Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, September 9, 1874. 

 Iris hazel, dark round pupil, then pale ; legs pale greenish orange. 

 Stomach contained remains of beetles. 



35. Coracias caudata, Vieill. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 104. Lilac-breasted 



Roller. 



a. $ Holfontein, November 25, 1873. Iris light hazel. 



b. $ First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 18, 1874. Iris 

 deep hazel round the pupil, outside this very pale ; legs olive ; claws 

 and bill black. Stomach very large, but not muscular, containing a 

 snake about a foot long, and remains of grasshoppers. Head very 

 large for size of bird. 



c. $ First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 24, 1874. Iris 

 hazel ; bill and claws black ; legs pale dirty orange with an olive tinge. 

 Lizard and grasshoppers or locusts in stomach. 



d. $ Between the Pandamatenga River and Zambesi, January 11, 

 1875. Iris hazel ; bill black ; legs pale greenish orange ; claws black. 

 In stomach centipedes (?). 



e. $ Geruah, January 24, 1875. Iris hazel; bill black; legs 

 yellowish blue ; claws blue. Soft ants in stomach. 



/ Not labelled. 



36. Eurystomus Afer (Lath.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 106. Cinnamon 



Roller. 

 a. ct Near Umvungu River, November 3, 1873. Native name, 

 " Tchegala." 1 Iris hazel, not dark; bill bright yellow. Stomach 

 muscular, containing remains of beetles. 



Family Alcedinid^e. 



37. CORYTHORNIS CYANOSTIGMA (Rupp.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 108. Mala- 



chite-crested Kingfisher. 

 a. Sibanani, December 11, 1874. Iris hazel; bill and legs ver- 

 milion. 



38. Ceryle rudis (L.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 110. Pied Kingfisher. 



a. $ Meriko River, November 17, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 



b. <J High Veldt, Transvaal, December 7, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 



39. Ceryle maxima (Pall.); Sharpe, /. c. p. in. Great African 



Kingfisher. 

 a. $ Matengwe River, December 2, 1874. Iris hazel ; bill dark 

 slate-colour ; legs slate-colour. 



40. Halcyon semklerulea (Forsk.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 114. African 



White-headed Kingfisher. 



1 [The letters Teh at the beginning of this word stand probably for a " click. ' — Ed.] 



