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[Never met with in Abyssinia, where its place is taken by 
Coracias abyssinicus —L.] 
219. Coracias n^evius. 
Coracias navius Daud.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 
p. 24 (1892) ; id P. Z. S. 1895, p. 496; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 
1898, p. 416; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 75. 
a. $ . Ticka Tcheeka, Abyssinia, 22 February, 1899. 
(No. 362.) 
Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull yellow. 
[This Roller was seen only on the western side of Shoa, 
ami then rarely.—L.] 
220. Eurystomus a per. 
Eurystomus afer (Lath.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 
p. 30 (1892). 
a. ? . Guatti, Abyssinia, 27 March, 1899. (No. 452.) 
Iris brown ; bill yellow ; legs greenish yellow. 
[This Roller was seen only in the Nile Valley, where its 
hoarse note makes it easily distinguishable. On the Blue 
Nile large numbers of these or very similar birds were seen 
towards dusk, chasing moths after the manner of Night- 
jars.—L.] 
221. P(EOCEPHALUS FLAVIFRONS. 
Poeocephalus flavifrons (Riipp.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xx. p. 369 (1891). 
a. $ . Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 130.) 
Iris orange-red ; upper mandible dark, lower light brown; 
legs dark brown. 
222. PtEOCEPHALUS IlUFIVENTRIS. 
Poeocephalus rufiventris (Riipp.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xx. p. 372 (1891) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 494. 
a. d . Kassim river, Abyssinia, 19 January, 1899. (No. 
235.) 
Iris orange-brown; bill and legs dark. 
223. Agapornis tarant^e. 
Agapornis tarantce (Stanl.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xx. p. 509 (1891). 
