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7. Lamprocolius chalybeus. 



Lamprocolius chalybeus Elir. ; Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 176 (1890); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 450; Hawker, 

 Ibis, 1899, p. 59. 



a. S ' Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 314.) 



Iris bright yellow ; bill and legs black. 



[Observed throughout Abyssinia, except on the highest 

 plateaux of 9000 feet or more. — L.] 



8. BUCIIANGA ASSIMILIS. 



Buchanga ussimiHs (Bechst.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 iii. p. 247 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 460; Lort Phillips, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 396 ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 60. 



a. S' Hargeisa, Somaliland, 14 December, 1898. (No. 

 13.) 



b. S. Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 

 843.) 



c. S' Ticka Tcheeka, Abyssinia, 22 February, 1899. 

 (No. 366.) 



Irides red ; bill and legs black. 



9. OllIOLUS AURATUS. 



Oriolus auraius Vieill. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Bnt. jSIus. iii. 

 p. 195 (1877). 



a. S. Blue Nile, 15 May, 1899. (No. 521.) 



Irides red ; bill brown ; legs dark. 



[This bird w^as only observed in the valley of the Blue Nile, 

 always in pairs and very difficult to approach. — L.] 



10. Oriolus meneliki. (Plate 11.) 



Oriolus meneliki Weld-Blundell & Lovat, Bull. B. O. C. 

 vol. X. p. xix (1899). 



a. Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 126.) 

 Type of the species.'] 



This fine species closely resembles 0. monachus Gmel., but 

 may be at once distinguished by the colour of the bill, which 

 is uniform deep black. The greater secondary Aving-coverts 

 and some of the lesser wing-coverts are, moreover, clearly 

 edged with golden yellow, whereas in 0. monachus they are 

 always uniform, and the subterminal markings on the third 



