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137. Dicrurus atripennis. 



3 c?(?. 2 $? Beni, Jan. 1914; J*, ? ibid., July— Aug. 1914. 



138. Oriolus larvatus laetior Sharpe. 



2 $? Beni, July— Aug. 1914. 1 J* ibid. Jan. 1914. Iris 

 »vermilion». 



A fourth specimen from Beni, Jan. 1914, is somewhat 

 different from the others. It is quite a small bird, wing 

 110 mm., and tbe length of the culmen is only 20. In 

 colour it resembles the above mentioned females, although 

 it is labeled as »male», but the white on the inner web of 

 the inner primaries and outer secondaries is less pronounced 

 than in the others. It is an adult bird in rather worn 

 plumage which possibly belongs to the O. L brachyrhynchus 

 Sw: råte. 



139. Ciuiiyricincliis verreauxi (Boc.) Finsch Hartl. 



1 ? Rutshuru 22/g 1914; ^ ibid. "A: c? ibid. ^^t; J ^ 

 juv. ibid. ^V?; 1 c? j«v. ibid. ^V» 1914. Iris »aureolinJi>. 



140. Lamprocolius purpureiceps Verr. 

 1 c? Beni, Jan. 1614. Iris »terre d'ombre brulée». 



141. Lamprocolius lessoni Pucher. 



c? $.. from Beni, July— Aug. 1914. 



This beautiful Glossy Starling, so easily recognized on 

 its purplish red, or violet spöt behind the ear, has not been 

 recorded by Reichenow in his valuable »Vogelfauna des 

 Mittelaf rikanischen Seengebietes». It appears to be known 

 hitherto only from the westernmost part of the Congo-district 

 as at River Chiloango. 



142. Lamprocolius splendidus Vieill. 



.3 (^c^, 1 2, Beni, July— Aug. 1914. Iris »jaune de 

 Naple*. 



