EURYSTOMUS AFER. 
AFEICAN BEOAD-BILLED EOLLEE. 
African Roller, Latham, Synop. Suppl. p. 86 (1787). 
Coracias afra, Lath, Ind. Orn. i. p. 172 (1790) ; Daudin, Traite d'Orn. p. 263 (1800) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. pt. 2, 
p. 405 (1809); Wagler, Syst. Av., Coracias, no. 16 (1827). 
Coracias africana, Shaw & Nodder, Nat. Misc. xi. pi. 401 (1799). 
Le ijetit Rolle violet, Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Roll, et Geais, i. pi. 35 (1806). 
Colaris afra (Lath.), Cuvier, Regne Anim. i. p. 401 (1817); Reichenb. Meropinse, p. 56, pi. 438. figs. 3201, 3202 
(1852). 
Eurystomus purpurascens, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xxix. p. 427 (1819); id. Tabl. Eneycl. et Method, ii. p. 872 (1823); 
Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anisod. p. 7 (1854). 
Eurystomus ruhescens, Vieill. Tabl, Eneycl. et Method, ii. p. 871 (1823); Swainson, B, of W. Afr. ii. p. 112 (1837). 
Eurystomus afra (Lath.), Steph. in ShawY Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 97 (1826) ; Gray, Gen. ofB. i. p. 61 (1845) ; 
Des Murs, Voy. Abyss, vi. p. 80 (1845-50); Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 168 (1850); von Miiller, Journ. f. Orn. 
1855, p. 6; Antinori, Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 27 (1865). 
Colaris 'purpurascens (Vieill.), Wagler, Syst. Av., Colaris, no. 2 (1827); Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 356 (1831); 
Dumont, Diet, des Sc. Nat. xlvi. p. 174 (1827). 
Colaris viridis, Wagler, Syst. Av., Colaris, no. 5 (1827) ; Reichenb, Meropinse, p. 57 (1852). 
Eurystomus orientalis (nee Linn.), Rupp. Syst. Uebers. p. 23 (1845) ; Heuglin, Syst. Uebers. p. 17 (1856). 
Eurystomus viridis (Wagl.), Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 62 (1845); Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 168 (1850). 
Eurystomus afer (Lath.), Gray, Cat. Eissir. Brit. Mus. p. 32 (1848); Strickl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 216; 
Hard. J. f, Orn. 1853, p. 399; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anisod. p. 7 (1854); Verr, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1855, 
p, 414; Hard. Orn. Westafr. p. 29 (1857); Cassin, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 33; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1860, 
p. 186; Hard. op. cit. 1861, p. 104; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 110; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 324; Antinori, Cat. 
descr. Ucc. Afr. Centr. p. 27 (1864); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1866, p. 200; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, 
p. 142 (1867) ; Heuglin, Journ. f. Orn. 1868, p. 322; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 169 (1869) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 
1869, p. 193; id. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 569; Pinscb & Hard. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 150 (1870) ; Blau ford, 
Geol. & Zool. Abyss, p. 320 (1870); Einsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 220 (1870) ; Elliot, Ibis, 1871, p. 204; 
Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 274; Shelley & Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 286; Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, pp. 712, 716; 
TJssher, Ibis, 1874, p. 48; Sharpe in LayardY B. of S. Afr. p. 106 (1875); Reichenow, Journ. f. Orn. 1875, 
p. 14; Bocage, Journ. f. Orn. 1876, p. 406; Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. Er. i. pp. 39, 303 (1876); 
Reichenow, J. f. O. 1877, p. 2; Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 342; Nicholson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 354; Eischer, 
Journ. f. Orn. 1878, p. 287; Cabanis, tom. cit. p. 234; Oustalet, N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Bull. p. 71 (1879) ; 
Eischer & Reichenow, Journ. f. Orn. 1879, p. 343; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. vii. p. 253 (1880); id. op. cit. 
viii. pp. 63, 122 (1881); Shelley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 565; Hard. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 110 
(1881) ; Bocage, Orn. d’Angola, p. 85 (1881) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 124; Sharpe in Oates'’ Matabele Land, 
App. p. 302 (1881); Pelzeln, Verb. Wien, xxxi. p. 143 (1881); id. op. cit. xxxii. p. 500 (1882); Salvin, Cat. 
Strickl. Coll. p. 412 (1882) ; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ix. p. 21 (1882) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 243; Boehm, 
Journ. f. Orn. 1883, p. 171; Schalow, tom. cit. p. 349; Sharpe in LayardY B. of S. Afr., App. p. 806 (1884) ; 
id. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xvii. ]3- 431 (1884); Boehm, J. f. 0. 1885, p. 37; Eischer, tom. cit. p. 127; 
Shelley, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 224; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 158 (1885), viii. p. 248 (1886) ; Hartert, 
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