37. SPREO. 189 



2. Spreo fischeri. 



Notaiig-es fischeri, Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1884, p. 54 ; Fischer, Zeitschr. yes. 

 Orn. i. p. 335, Taf. xx. fig.'l (1884) ; id. J.f. O. 1885, p. 132. 



Adult female. Head, chin, and chest silver-grey, the latter rather 

 darker ; lores rather -white ; under surface of body white ; back, 

 wings, and tail entirely pale brown with a silky gloss, the tail- 

 fearhers and inner secondaries with a metallic gloss of steel-green : 

 "bill and feet black; iris pale yellow" {O. A. Fischer). Total 

 length 6-S inches, culmen 0-65, wing 4, tail 2-6, tarsus 1-15. {Fischer 

 6f lieichenow.) 



Hab. Pare Mountains, Masai-Land. 



3. Spreo superbus. 



Lamprotornis superbus, Rilpp. Syst. Ushers, pp. 65, 75, Taf. 26 



(1845); Heugl. Syst. Uehers. p. 36 (1856); Blyth, J. A. S. 



Beng. xxiv. p. 301 (1855). 

 Juida supeiba, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 327 (1846) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 25, 



no. 0354 (1870). 

 Lamprocoliu.'f superbus, B}}. Consp. i. p. 410 (1850) ; Horsf. ^- Muure, 



Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 547 (1850). 

 Notauges superbus, Cah. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 198, note (1850) ; 



Hartl. J. f. O. 1859, p. 25 ; 6>eA-e, I/ns, 1860, p. 245 ; Heugl. 



J. f. O. 1803, p. 22, 1869, p. 7 ; Cab. in Von der Decken's Beis., 



Fog. p. 33 (1869); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 517 (1870), i v. 



p. cxxvi (1871) ; Fimch 8,- Hartl. Viiq. Ostafr. p. 378 (1870) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 54 (1871) ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. 



Bremen, iv. p. "80 (1874) ; Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 233 ; Shellei/, 



P. Z. S. 1881, p. 583 ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, \\\. 



p. 106 (1881); Bohm, J.f. 0. 1883, p. 195; Schaloic, t. c. p. 360; 



Fischer, Zeitschr. qes. Orn. i.p. 335 (1884) ; Salmd. Ann. Mus. Civic. 



Genov. (2) i. p. 199 (1884) ; Fischer, J.f O. 1885, p. 132 : Shelley, 



Ibis, 1885, p. 412 ; Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 66 ; Giql. Ann. Mus. 



Civic. Genov. (2) iv. p. 28 (1888) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 298 (1888). 



Adult. Above glossy steel-blue, the scapulars and wings glossy 

 oil-green, with velvety-black spots at the ends of the median and 

 greater wing-coverts ; the bastard-wing, primarj'-coverts, and 

 primaries glossed with steel-blue externally ; tail-feathers steel-blue 

 with a shade of violet, all but the centre ones blackish along the 

 edge of the inner web and at the tips : crown of head dusky black 

 with an oily-green gloss ; lores, sides of face, cheeks, and ear- 

 coverts black, with a gloss of reddish bronze on the latter ; throat 

 and fore neck glossy steel-blue ; breast white, forming a band ; 

 lower breast, abdomen, sides of body, flanks, and thighs rich orange- 

 chestnut ; vent and under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white ; edge of wing glossy steel-green ; quills 

 blackish below : '' bill and feet black ; iris i^carly or milky white " 

 {Antinori); "iris clear sulphur-yellow" {Hildehrandt); "iris pale 

 yellow; inside of mouth clear yellow; feet lead-colour" {G. A. 

 Fischer). Total length 7*6 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 4-9, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 1-2. 



