402 



Mr. W. 11. 0"ilvic-Graut on 



The measurements of the two species are as follows : — ■ 



L. purpliyropterus Eiipp. 

 [ = Z. brevicaudus Sbarpe.] 



Males. Females. 

 Tail. Tail. 



L. ce7ieocephalus Heugl. 

 [ = i. porphyropterus Witherby 

 (uec RUpp.j, Ibis, 1901, p. 249.] 

 Males. Females. 



[This Purple-winged Glossy Starling was very common 

 on Abba Island^ and I saw it here and there further south. — 

 R. M. H.] 



5. ■^BUPHAGA ERYTHRORHYNCHA. 



Buphaga enjthrorhyncha (Stanl.) ; Grant & Itcid, p. G12. 

 [Only one small flock of the Eed-billed Ox-pecker was 

 secu^ feeding on some buftalos near Kaka. — K. M. 11.] 



6. BUCHANGA ASSIMlIilS. 



Buchanga assimilis (Bechst.); Grant & Reid, p. 613. 

 Buchanga afra Witherby, p. 250. 



a. ^. Kaka, 15th March. No. 137. 



b. S • Fashoda, 30th March. No. 252. 



c. (/. (J imm. 20milesN. of Fashoda, 6th April. Nos.29J,, 

 295. 



e. S- 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 8th April. No. 307. 

 /. S- 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 13th April. No. 311. 

 g. ? §. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 15th April. No. 362. 

 Iris crimson; bill^ legs, and feet black. 



t Sexed female. 



X Probably a male. 



§ Breeding ; nest and eggs taken. 



