. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 62 COBACIID^ COEACIAS wing-coverts reddish-lilac, those at the carpal joint and the edge of the wing ultramarine-blue like the wing-quills which, however, shade into black on their inner edges, inner secondaries like the back; rump and upper tail-coverts ultramarine; two central tail- feathers oily-green,; the lateral ones bright ultramarine-blue; general colour below, reddish-Hlac, rather more purplish on the throat, streaked throughout including the cheeks and ear-coverts with conspicuous white shaft markings; under wing-and tail-coverts without shaft mark
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 62 COBACIID^ COEACIAS wing-coverts reddish-lilac, those at the carpal joint and the edge of the wing ultramarine-blue like the wing-quills which, however, shade into black on their inner edges, inner secondaries like the back; rump and upper tail-coverts ultramarine; two central tail- feathers oily-green,; the lateral ones bright ultramarine-blue; general colour below, reddish-Hlac, rather more purplish on the throat, streaked throughout including the cheeks and ear-coverts with conspicuous white shaft markings; under wing-and tail-coverts without shaft markings. Iris dark brown; bill black; legs and feet greeaish-brown. Length about 14'0; wing 740; tail 5-30; culmen 1-50; tarsus 0-75. The female resembles the male but is perhaps slightly smaller, wing Pig. 20.—Coracias mosambicus. Distribution.—The Purple Eoller has only been once recorded from south of the Orange Eiver, nor does it appear to be at all common in the Orange Eiver Colony or Natal; north of the Vaal it is generally distributed up to the Zambesi and south Angola. In east, north-east and west Africa this species is replaced by a closely allied form (C. naevius) in which the crown is reddish-lilac instead of olive. The exact boundary between these two species has hardly yet been defined. South African localities for the Purple Eoller are: Cape Colony — Middelburg (Layard), Hay div. (Layard); Natal—Maritzburg only once (Woodward); Orange Eiver Colony—Kroonstad once only. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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