LVMPKOCOLirs. 4"2o 



Lamprocolius purpureus (P. L. >S. Miill.). 



Ijainprocolius purpureus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. ^'If. xiii. p. 175 (ISHO) ; 



lieich. ]'ii;i. Afr. li. p. 091 (190:^) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 539 (^1909) ; 



Nehrlc. Kat. Eierscuninl. p. 351 (1910). 

 I^amprotomi.s purpureus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 78 (1906). 



An egg said to be that of the Purple Glossy Starling is of a pointed 

 oval shape and somewhat gloss)-. It is pale blue, spotted all 

 over with brown and lilac-grey, the markings being most numerous 

 round the larger end. It measures 1*17 by 'SS. 



1. ^\'est Africa. Crowley l^t^quest. 



Lamprocolius phcenicopterus {!Swuin.s.). 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 2&3.) 



Lauiprocolius phcenieopterus, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 4:25 

 (1875-84); Sharps., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 180 (1890) ; Kmchel, 

 J. f. O. 1895, p. 330 ; B. B. ^- J. D. S. Wsodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 405 ; 

 Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 38 (1900) ; Reich. Viiy. Afr. ii. 

 p. (3ii:^ (1903) ; Bucknill, Journ. S. Afr. Orn. Union, ii. p. 76 (1908) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 541 (1909) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 35 

 (1910). 



Laniprotorois phrenicopterus, Shelley, Bird.s Afr. v. p. 70 (1906) [part.]. 



Eggs of the lled-shouldercd Glossy Starling are of a long oval 

 shape and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour varies from pale 

 blue to bluish-green, mari?ed all over with rather small spots of 

 pale reddish-brown and lilac-grey. Thev vary m length from 1"1 

 to I'lS, and in breadth from '77 to -82. 



3. Grahamstowu, C. Colonv, 30th K. E, Jupp, Esq. [0.]. 



Nov. (B. E. J.). 

 3. Belmont, nr. Grahamstowu, 4th 13. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Dec. [L. rainier). 



Lamprocolius bispecularis (StricH.). 



Lamprocolius bispecularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 181 (1890) ; 



id., Hand-l. v. p. 541 (1909). 

 Lamprocolius phcenicopterus bi.specula)is, Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 



i. p. 39 (1900) ; Beich. Vck). Afr. ii. p. 686 (1903) ; Bucknill, Journ. 



S. Afr. Orn. Union, ii. p. '76 (1908). 

 Lamprotornis phoinicopterus, Shellei/, Birds Afr. v. p. 70 (190G) [part.^. 



Eggs of the Lesser Red-shouldered Glossy Starling resemble those 

 of//. )>h(i'iiic(ipferi(s. They measure I'lo by '72; I'l by •7'5. 



Gne taken by Dr. W. .1. Ansorge from the oviduct of a female is 

 uniform bright bluish-green. It measures I'Oo by -b. 



