ish brown, the ring round the eyes greenish yellow, (Anders son,) iris
dark hazel (Buckley).
Total length, 15 inches ; wing, 7'0 ; tail, 5‘5.
Fig. Des Murs, Iconogr. Orn. pi. 28.
101. E ubystomus a p e e . Cinnamon Roller.
This small Roller was observed on the Zambesi by Dr. Kirk, who
writes respecting it:—“ Local, and observed rarely near Teté. Frequent
in the river-valley at Chibisa on the River Shiré. Its habits
resemble those of Goracias caudata.” In other parts of Africa the
species is plentiful.
General colour cinnamon brown, with a distinct lilac gloss : least
wing-coverts bordering the edge of the wing, and the greater coverts
deep ultramarine, the inner ones inclining to cobalt; quills black,
externally washed with ultramarine, the outer web of the primaries
inclining to cobalt ; the under surface of the wing greyish black
glossed with cobalt j upper tail-coverts dull cobalt; tail silvery
cobalt, inclining to white on the inner web, the middle feathers
brown washed with blue, the extremities of all the feathers banded
with black, more narrowly on the outer ones ; under tail-coverts
cobalt: bill deep yellow: legs pale yellowish olive : iris olivaceous.
Total length, 10 inches ; culmen, 0’95 ; wing, 6-95 ; tail, 4-3 ;
tarsus, 0‘65.
The species is to be distinguished by its yellow bill, which is very
stout, and as broad at base as it is long.
Fig. Levaillant, Rolliers, pi. 35.
Fam. TROGONIDiE.
102. H apalodeema n a b in a . Narina Trogon,
Apaloderma narina, Layard, B. S. Air. p. 61.
This brilliantly plumaged bird is found throughout the forests
and wooded kloofs in all the eastern portions of the colony. About
the Knysna it is scarce, but this was the only locality where the late
Mr. Andersson procured the species, and Victorin also met with it
there from September to November. Most of the specimens which
we have seen have been from Natal, where, says Captain Shelley,
“ it is not uncommon in the thick woods about Durban and Pine
Town/’ Dr. Kirk writes :—“ In the Zambesi this is decidedly a
Scarce bird : I know of only four specimens having been seen ; one
in the Zambesi delta, the others at Chibisa, on the Shire. It seems
to frequent trees. Native name, ‘ M’voraio.’ ” Bianconi procured
it in South Mozambique. The Trogon seems never to have been
met with in Damara Land by Andersson, but Mr. Monteiro obtained
one specimen which he shot in a wood in Benguela, and more recently
Senor Anchieta has procured a pair at Biballa in Mossamedes.
Mr. Hamilton also shot a pair at Cazengo in the interior of Angola.
Wherever found it exhibits the same shy, creeping habits. When
apprehensive of discovery, it sits motionless on its branch until
alarmed at same act of the fowler, when it precipitates itself headlong
into the bush, and is instantly lost to view. It feeds on fruits
and insects, and utters a loud moaning note, or, perhaps, more correctly
speaking, a hoot, which Mr. Atmore describes as “ like the
bark of a poodle with a bad cold.” Le Yaillant states that they nest
in holes of trees, and lay four, nearly round, white eggs; but this
requires confirmation. W e have never met with any one who had
seen their nest, though we made particular enquiries for them when
at the Knysna.
Adult male.—Entire upper surface shining green as well as the
throat and chest, the rest of the under surface crimson: wing-
coverts grey, finely pencilled with black lines and slightly shaded
with green : two centre tail-feathers green like the back, the three
others more or less white on the outer web : bill yellow: feet black:
iris red. Total length, 11*6 inches; wing, 5'3; tail, 7’0; tarsus,
0-65.
Female.—Duller coloured than the male: the breast greyish
washed with crimson.
Fig. Gould, Monogr. Trogon. pi.
Fam. ALCEDINIDiE.
103. A lcedo semitoequata . Half-collared Kingfisher.
This Kingfisher, which is the representative of the European
species in Africa, and is strictly of the same type, is widely distributed
throughout South Africa and appears at uncertain intervals,
though it cannot be called migratory. Mr. L. Layard shot several
on the Liesbeck River near Cape Town, and Mr. John Reid has also
procured it on the Salt River. We have received it from Swellen