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Erlanger^^ found it at Daua, at Garre-Lewin, and at Kismayu. 

 Van Someren^^ found it at Mombasa; near Nairobi; and in the 

 dry country around Mount Moroto in Turkana, Uganda. He writes 

 that this species is the most nomadic of all the glossy starlings in East 

 Africa. 



Recently, van Someren °° has recorded this starling from Jubaland 

 west to Turkana and Karamoja, Elgon, and Sotik, and from central 

 Kenya Colony to the coast. 



The young bird is dark grayish brown above, and is paler grayish 

 brown on the throat and upper breast. The rest of the underparts are 

 white. As van Someren says, it resembles adults of Spreo flscheri, 

 but has a white wing speculum. 



The adult is in fairly fresh plumage, and has the following dimen- 

 sions: Wing, 112.5; tail, 76; culmen (broken) ; tarsus, 27 mm. 



The breeding season in Somaliland and adjacent parts of Galla- 

 land is in April and May. Erlanger found a nest with six eggs at 

 Dolo on the Daua River on April 30, and another near by on May 1. 



LAMPROCOLIUS CHALYBEUS CHALYBEUS (Hemprich and Ehrenberg) 



Lamprotornis chalybeus Hemprich and Ehrenbekg, Symbolae physicae, folio y, 



pi. 10, 1828 : Ambukol, Dongola. 

 Specimens collected : 



1 male, Ourso, Ethiopia, undated (Oiiellard coll.). 



1 male, 1 female, 1 unsexed young, Ourso, Ethiopia, October 21-28, 1911 

 (Ouellard coll.). 



3 males, 4 females. Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 3, 1911-January 3, 1912. 



1 male, Gada Bourca, Ethiopia, December 24, 1911. 



3 males, 1 female, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia, .January 3-8, 1912. 



1 male, Sadi Malka, Ethiopia, February 2, 1912. 



1 male, Hawash River, Ethiopia, February 12, 1912. 



2 females, Arussi Plateau, Ethiopia, February 21-29, 1912. 

 2 males, Aletta, Sidamo, Ethiopia, March 8, 1912. 



6 males, 4 females, Gato River near Gardula, Ethiopia, March 30-April 21, 



1912. 

 1 male, Anole village, Ethiopia, May 18, 1912. 

 1 male, 1 female. Tana River, Kenya Colony, August 19-20, 1912. 



Soft parts: Iris orange in male, yellow in female; bill, feet, anrl 

 claws black. 



Stresemann ^^ has recently reviewed the races and variations of this 

 starling, and the material examined in the present study bears out his 

 conclusions. 



The present subspecies is the only one occurring in the areas 

 traversed by the expedition. The form is commonly and widely dis- 

 tributed throughout Ethiopia and Kenya Colony, being replaced in 

 southern Kenya Colony by an allied smaller form sycohius. Its 



ssjourn. fiir Orn., 1905, pp. 707-708. 

 «»Nov. Zool., vol. 29, pp. 128-129, 1922. 

 ""Nov. Zool., vol. 37, p. 314, 1932. 

 "Journ. fiir Orn., 1925, pp. 154-158. 



