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128. CoRvus scAPULATUs^ Daud. 



Mashoona, September and October. Seen, but not procured. 



129. CORVULTUR ALBICOLLIS (Lath.). 



Matabele, December. Seen, but not procured. 



130. Lamprotornis AusTRALis (Smith). 



(13) Limpopo river, 24th May, and Kooroomoorooi Pan, 

 2nd January. Iris dusky; bill, tarsi, and feet black. Sexes 

 similar in plumage. 



This is by no means a common bird in any part of the country 

 that I have visited, andappears to be very local; it is generally 

 found in small flocks. I saw a few in Bamangwato near 

 Kama's town. Their crops contained nothing but insects. 



131. Lamprocolius chalybeus (Hempr. & Ehr.). 

 Lamprotornis chalybeus, Hempr. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. pi. 10. 

 Lamprotornis chalcurus, Nordm. in Erm. Atl. p. 8. 

 Lamprotornis chloropterus , Swains. Anim. in Menag.p.359. 

 Lamprocolius sycobius, Peters, J. f. O. 1859, p. 19. 

 Lamprocolius porphyrurus, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. 



iv. p. 60. 



(43) Umvuli river, 12th August, 18th and 25th September. 

 Matabele name " Iqueeze.^^ Iris dark gamboge ; bill, tarsi, 

 and feet black. 



This beautiful bird, though much resembling L. phosni- 

 copterus, appears to me, from what I can remember, much 

 brighter, but I have no Transvaal bird to compare it with. 

 The note, too, differs, although it is just as harsh. They are 

 found in Mashoona land in small flocks, generally frequenting 

 high trees ; and those which we procured had been feeding 

 upon small insects, apparently black ants. 



[I have given the above synonymy, as this species has, in 

 my opinion incorrectly, been divided into five. The L. phoe- 

 nicopterus above mentioned by Mr. Ayres should, I think, 

 stand as L. nitens (Linn.). — G. E. S.] 



132. Pholidauges verreauxi, Bocage. 



Mashoona, September and October. Seen, but not procured. 



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