178 STURNID^. 



h. $ ad. sk. Lake Asliaughi, May 4, 1868. 



i. (S ad. sk. Musgali near Antalo, May 9, 18G3. 



A-. J ad. sk. Kokai, Lebka Elver, July 11, 18G8. 



/. S ad. sk. Maragaz, Bogos, July 29, 1868 ( W. 



Jesse). 

 m. Ad. sk. Senaar {Kotschy). 



n. 2 ad. sk. Alia Amba, Slioa, Feb. 1842 (6Vr 



W. a Harris), 

 o, 2). Ad. sk. Senegal. 



W. T. Blauford, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 W. T. Blanford, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 VV. T. Blauford, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 India Museum. 



SheUey Coll. 



7. Lamprocolius sycolDius. 



Lamprotornis sycobius, LicJd. Komend. Av. Berul. p. 53 (1854, 

 desc. nulla). 



Lamprocolius sycobius, Hartl. J.f. 0. 1859, p. 19; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, 

 p. y2I ; Fiiisc/i ^- Hartl Vd(/. Ostafr. p. 380 (1870) ; Hartl. Alhandl. 

 nat. Ver. Bremen, iv. p. 71 (1874) ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 233 ; 

 Reichen.t. c. p. 261 ; Bocaqe, Orn. Am/oh, p. 308 (1881) ; Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 127; SheUey, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 583; Holub ^- Von 

 Peh. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 110, pi. 3 (1882); Bo/im, J.f. 0. 

 1883, p. 195 ; Fischer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. i. p. 336 (1884) ; Sharpe, 

 ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. pp. 426, 846 (1884) ; T. Ayres, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 288. 



Juida sycobia. Gray, Hand-l. B. il. p. 24, no. 6333 (1870). 



LaiuprocoUus cbalybeus {nee Ehr.), Shelley, Ibis, 1862, p. 265. 



Adult. Similar to L. chalyleus but smaller, the shoulder- spot 

 rather more violet than in L. pliccnicopterus but still showing a 

 distinct coppery gloss : " bill and feet black ; iris yellow " {Dr. 

 Fischer): "iris orange-yellow" {Ancliieta) ; "iris golden" {Sir J. 

 Kirl-). Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 4-85, tail 3-5, 

 tarsus 1'25. 



As with L. chalyheus, there is great variation in the length of the 

 wing. The only specimens marked " males " have the wing 4-6 to 

 5-4 inches. The rest of the specimens of which the sex is unrecorded 

 have the wing 4-6 to 5-4 inches. 



Hah. Eastern Africa from the Mombasa district to the Zambesi 

 and thence to the Western Transvaal. 



a. Ad. sk. Mombasa. 



b. S ad. sk. Ussule, Oct. 4. 



c. (S ad. sk. Kltui, March 1887. 



d. Ad. sk. Ugogo {Sir J. Kirk). 



e. Ad. sk. Mamboio {Sir J. Kirk). 



f y. Ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi {Sir J. Kirk). 



Ad. sk. Lower Shire Valley {Sir J. Kirk). 



Eev. A. BiLxton [P.J. 

 Dr. Hildebrandt [C.J. 

 Dr. Hildebrandt [C.J. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Livingstone Exped. 

 Livingstone Exped. 



8. Lamprocolius chloropterus. 



Lamprotornis chloropterus, Sicains. An. in Ilenay. p. 359 (1837). 

 Juida chloroptera. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 327 (1846) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. 

 p. 24, no. 6331 (1870). 



