32 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM ORNITHOLOGY, VOL. i. 



I only met with this species once, at the Jerato Pass, going up 

 from Tug Mandera to the top of the range. It goes in flocks of 

 a dozen or more individuals, and usually keeps high upon the 

 mountain side, and is very wary and difficult to approach. When 

 flying the chestnut color on the wings is displayed to great 

 advantage, and the birds are most attractive objects. I think it 

 is a r'are species and very local in its habitat. It usually fre- 

 quents the tops of the highest trees, and the few times I saw the 

 birds on bushes near the ground I only had a rifle with me, and 

 so could not procure any specimens. 



6. Heteropsar albicapillus. 



Spreo albicapillus. Blyth, Jour. Asiat. Soc. Beng., Vol. XXIV, 

 p. 301 (1855). 



Heteropsar albicapillus. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. 

 XXXI, p. 1 86 (1890). 



$ $ Toyo Plain. 



Not uncommon, very frequently staying about the camp, quite 

 tame and unsuspicious. 



7. Spreo shelleyi. 



Spreo shelleyi. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XIII, p. 190 

 (1890). 



$ $ The Haud. 



Only seen on the high plateau, and apparently nowhere very 

 abundant. I don't remember ever seeing it loitering in and 

 about the camp, as is the habit of the succeeding species, and, so 

 far as I have observed, it goes only in small flocks. 



8. Spreo superbus. 



Notauges superbus. Riipp, Syst. Uebers, pp. 65, 75; Taf. 26 



Spreo superbus. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XII, p. 189 

 (1890). 



$ Laferug. 



This beautiful bird, resplendent in its metallic coloring, was 

 one of the commonest species, especially on the high plateau. 

 It frequently goes in flocks of considerable size, has a short 

 pleasant song, and was a most familiar visitor to the camp, com- 

 ing about the tents quite fearlessly seeking for food. It has such 

 a lovely plumage and pretty ways that it was always welcome, its 

 white eyes gazing up at you from out the black feathers of the 

 head, with a very peculiar effect. 



