10 
Figurce notabiles. 
Montbeillard^ PI. Enl. 88; Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 28; Reiclienbaclij MeropinsCj pi. 432. fig. 3182. 
Hab. Soutbi Africa^ from Angola on tlie west and Uzinzi and Ugogo on the east side down to Natal. 
cf ad. fronte et stria supraoculari cum mento albidis, pileo et collo postico sordide viridibus csernleo tinctis : dorso, 
scapularibus et secundariis intimis sordide fulvo-cinnamomeis viridi tinctis : nropygio_, supracaudalibus et 
tectricibus alarum minoribus ultramarinis, supracaudalibus vix viridi lavatis, tectricibus alarum majoribus 
viridi-cyaneis : remigibus nigricantibus^ in pogonio externo ultramarinis, basin vershs turcino-cseruleis : rectri- 
cibus centralibus fuliginoso-virentibus^ reliquis thalassinisj basi ultramarinis^ extimis utrinque valde elongatis, 
apicibus attenuatis et nigris : regione parotica rufescenti-lilacina : jugulo et pectore Isete lilacinis albo-striatis : 
abdomine et subcaudalibus ultramarinis : rostro nigro : pedibus sordide viridi-griseis : iride fusca. 
? ad. mari similis^ sed rectricibus lateralibus brevioribus. 
Juv. coloribus sordidioribus : rectricibus lateralibus non elongatis: gula et gutture pallide fusco-cervinis albido 
striatis et vinaceo tinctis. 
Adult male (Zambesi).—Forehead and a line over the eye dull white; crown and nape dull 
bluish green; back, scapulars, and inner secondaries dull cinnamon-brown, tinged with green; rump, 
upper tail-coverts, and lesser wing-coverts rich ultramarine-blue, the upper tail-coverts tinged with 
green; larger wing-coverts bluish green; quills black on the terminal portion, the outer webs ultra- 
marine-blue, the basal portion of the quills pale blue and greenish blue; central rectrices blackish, 
tinged with green, the rest blue with a greenish tinge, the outermost rectrix on each side much 
paler than the rest, the terminal portion elongated, attenuated, and black in colour; chin whitish ; 
sides of the head below the eye, throat, and breast rich vinous lilac, the throat striped with white; 
abdomen and under tail-coverts turquoise-blue: bill black; legs greenish grey; iris brown. Total 
length about 13 inches, culmen 1’25, wing 6’5, tail 7*7, tarsus 0’95, outermost tail-feathers extending 
3 inches beyond the rest. 
Adult female (Zambesi).—Resembles the male; according to Ayres the female has the iris 
tawny umber, whereas in the male it is light umber, and the lateral rectrices are shorter than in the 
male. 
Young (Magaliesberg, Transvaal).—Much duller in general coloration than the adult; lateral 
rectrices not elongated; throat and breast pale buffy brown, with dull white stripes and slightly 
tinged in places with vinous pink. 
Ohs. —According to Sir J. Kirk, the plumage varies considerably at different seasons of the year, 
being much less brilliant during the cold and dry seasons. 
The Long-tailed Roller appears to take the place south of the equator which its congener Coracias 
ahyssinicus does north of that line. How far north it ranges in Western Africa I cannot with 
certainty say; but according to Professor Barboza du Bocage {1. e.) it is common throughout the vast 
territory of Angola, and has been sent froln Ambaca, Quillingues, Huille, Gambos, and Humbe by 
Anchieta, and it was met with by Monteiro on the Ambriz. According to Andersson it is “ common 
