ADDENDA. 667 



Page 89. Acridotheres mahrattensis. 



Spec, c is the type of the species. 



Page yy. MAINATUS. 



This genus must after all stand as Eulahes, which Mr. Gates 

 (Faun. Brit. Ind., Aves, i. p. 500) has shown to have been published 

 by Cuvier in 1817. By some mistake I only consulted the 2nd 

 edition of the ' Eegne Animal,' which was published in 182'J. 



Page 109. 

 " Mainatus robustus '" must now be called " Eiilabes robustus." 



Add:— Page 121. PHOLIDAUGES. 



Speculipastor, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 108. 



A fourth species of Pholidauges is Notaurjes Jischeri, lleichen. 

 (Sjn-co Jischeri of the present work, p. 189), till lately known by the 

 female specimen procured by the late Dr. Pischer in Masai-Land, 

 and now in the Berlin Museum. The male was procured on Kili- 

 manjaro by Mr. Hunter, and presented by him to the British 

 Museum. 



The ' Key ' to the genus will therefore require modification. 



a. No white base to the quills. 



«'. Plumage metallic puce-colour on the upper 

 surface, the throat and chest of the same 

 metallic colour. 

 «''. No white edging to the outer tail-feather . leuco(j aster, p. 121. 

 6". A white edging to the outer tail-feather . . verremui, p. 123. 

 b'. Plumage blue-black with a purplish shade, the 



_ throat and chest also black fischeri, p. 667. 



b. QuUls with a white base bicolor, p." 125." 



^^^ •~ Pholidauges fischeri. 



Spreo fischeri {Reichen.), Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 189. 

 PhoUdauges fischeri, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 368. 



Adult male. Entire upper surface blue-black with a purplish 

 gloss ; lesser wing-coverts and quills black, glossed externally with 

 purple on the coverts, and with steel-green on the quills, the iimer 

 secondaries being entirely green ; tail-feathers black glossed with 

 green ; entire head and throat and breast glossy black like the upper 

 surface, extending down the centre of the breast to the upper part 

 of the abdomen ; remainder of breast and under tail-coverts yellow- 

 ish white ; thighs black ; under wing-coverts glossy black. Total 

 leiiglh 6-3 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-9, tail 2-b, tarsus 0-9. 



Hah. Interior of Eastern Africa. 



a. S ad. sk. Kilimaiiiaro, 6000 feet, Aug. H. C. V. Hunter, Esq. [P.l. 



