412 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a 



" Only met with iu flocks on two or three occasions. They 

 were very shy^ and flew at a considerable height^ frequently 

 uttering their peculiar cry^ which consists of a single whistling 

 note. Native name 'Shimber Arnot ' (Sheep-bird). They 

 are said to be common in the Gudabirsi country to the 

 west.^^ 



48. NOTAUGES SUPERBUS. 



Lnmj>rotornis superba, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, pp. 65, 

 75, pi. 2(3 (Shoa). 



Notauge.^ superhus, Speke, Ibis, I860, p. 245 (Somali); 

 Heugl. Oru. N.O.-Afr. p. 517 ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 583 

 (Ugogo and Dar-es-Salaam) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. 

 vii. p. 106 (Lado) ; Schalovv, J. f. O. 1883, p. 360; Fischer, 

 Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 335 (Masai) ; Salvad. Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 199; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, 

 p. 132. 



Hab. E. Africa, from about 10" N. lat. to 7° S. lat. 



" Very common throughout the country in flocks. They 

 were breeding in March. Their nests ar(3 constructed of grass, 

 and are nearly spherical, \^'ith a hole at the side, the whole 

 structure covered over with thorny boughs, after the fashion 

 of a Magpie^s nest : they are placed near the ends of the 

 boughs. Native name 'Shimber Lo ' (Cow-bird). Iris 

 white, bill and legs black. ^'' 



49. NoTAUGES HILDEBRANDTI. 



Notauges hildebrandii, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, pp. 205, 217, 

 233, pi. 2. fig. 1 (Kikamba) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 132 

 (Massa). 



Head, throat, crop, back, scapulars, least and median series 

 of wing-coverts, a broad outer margin to the wings, and the 

 tail glossy violet-blue; back of the neck deep glossy olive- 

 green ; greater wing-coverts, secondaries, and inner primaries 

 deep glossy green; median and greater wing-coverts witli 

 large subterminal broad black spots ; breast, thighs, under 

 tail-coverts, and inner under wing-coverts chestnut; re- 

 mainder of the under surface of the wings and tail black, 

 strongly glossed with violet on the smaller wing-coverts ; bill 



