a young 1 bird, and, as it conies nearest to the Bengal Roller of Latham, it isso considered.
No. 7. Coracius afral Varl
This Dr. Latham appears to have considered as a variety of Coraciusafra, his African Roller, which 1 have not seen ; but from his account of it,it must vary considerably. The bill is of a brownish horn colour, rathermore than an inch and half long, very much and abruptly forked at the tip,and having the edges of each mandible narrowed in. Length of the birdabout J2f inches ; the lower part of the neck, behind, the back, and part ofthe scapulars, reddish brown, with a tinge of olive green : the chin, front,and eye-brow white, as in No. 6 ; a small spot of white also on the backof the head: the feathers from the bill, and on the crown of the head, arelong and pointed, and appear capable of being erected into a crest. Onthe fore part of the head is a slight tinge of the colour of the back, butthe predominant colour of the head, neck, and all the under parts isa fine rufous lilac, plain on the head and nape, but streaked withwhite down the shafts on the other parts: the rump and tail covertsabove and below partake more of violet; a faint lilac just tinging thethighs and under coverts of the wings. The smaller wing coverts aboveare of a bright glossy lilac, which in the greater coverts is rather moremingled with brown, so as to reduce its splendour ; the ridge of the wingand greater quills of deep blue, which towards the tips becomes greenish ;the margins of the inner webs and the very tips are black ; the two middlefeathers arej dingy green, the rest blue, shading into black on the innerwebs; the tail itself is square at the end: the legs are strong and pale,claws brown. I am not quite decided about this bird, but it is evidently sonearly allied at least to Cora: afra, if not a variety of that bird, that I cannotventure to separate it, especially as I have not seen the latter.
No. 8. Bucco Saltii. Abyssinian Barbel.
As this bird appears to me evidently of a species hitherto undescribed, Ihave ventured to annex to it the above name, and am happy in the oppor-tunity of thus paying a merited compliment to the public exertions of itsdiscoverer, while I at the same time express my own sense of his kindness,for the liberal communication of his collection of Abyssinian birds. The