from Sonia/Ua/id and Southern Abyssinia. 1 21 



observed in the lower valleys, aud was never seen above 

 8000 ft. On the Addis Abbeba plateau it is common, its 

 ordinary food being carrion, but it will cat the fruit of the 

 wild fig with avidity. It has a harsh guttural note. — L.] 



3. DiLOPHUS CARUNCULATUS. 



Dilophus carunculatus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. 

 xiii. p. Gl (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 459. 



a. ? . Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 

 342.) 



Iris, bill, and legs dark brown. 



[Usually seen in company with Lamprocolhis chalybeus. 

 Although constantly met with between the 20th of December 

 and the end of March, I never observed any birds Avith the 

 wattles developed. — L.] 



4. Pholidauges leucogaster. 



Phoiidauyes leucogaster (Gra.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 121 (1890). 



a. S . Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 411.) 



Iris pale yellow; bill and legs black. 



[Met with only in the valley of the Blue Nile and its 

 tributaries. I once observed this Starling hawking for flies 

 like a Bee-eater. — L.] 



5. Lamprotornis porphyropterus. 



Laniprutor?iis pmyhyropterus l^npp. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 156 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 459. 



a. c? . Hado, Abyssinia, 24 December, 1898. (No. 28.) 

 Iris pale yellow ; bill and legs black. 



6. Amydrus morio. 



Amydrus morio (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 161 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 460. 



a. ? . Chelunco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 

 104.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[Though plentiful locally, this Starling has not a wide 

 distribution. It was observed in flocks on the steep rocky 

 slopes. At Ahaia Fej it was seen in company with the white- 

 bellied species, Pholidauges leucogaster. — L.] 



