Collection of Birds made in Northern Somalita/id. 5293 



the birds in the present collection have been wrongly- 

 ascertained by Mr. Bury, and therefore that no great reliance 

 can be placed on his determinations. 



Lamprocolius chalybeus (Hempr. & Ehrenb.). 



Lamprocolius chalybaus Reich, ii. p. 687 (1903). 



Lamprocolius chalybeus Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 394. 



a. <J ■ Dubar, 2nd July, 1905. 



b-g. S ? et S imm. Waghar, 8th July-14th Oct., 1905. 



Iris bright orange-yellow ; bill, legs, and feet black. 



All the specimens from Dubar and Waghar have the 

 shoulder spot violet. In immature birds this shoulder spot 

 is much duller than in the adults. 



Heteropsar albicapillus (Blyth). 



Spreo albicapillus Reich, ii. p. 678 (1903). 



Heteropsar albicapillus Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 395. 



a-d. <$ ? et imm. Waghar, 7th July-4th Nov., 1905. 



e. S • Geloko, 6th Dec, 1905. 



f-k. £ ? . Burao, 31st Jan.-23rd Mar., 1905. 



Immature. Bill orange tipped with blue-black ; legs and 

 feet black. 



Young birds procured in July and August have the 

 under parts as far as the belly light ashy-brown, the white 

 streaked feathers of the adult plumage making their 

 appearance subsequently. 



Spreo superbus (Riipp.). 



Spreo superbus Reich, ii. p. 674 (1903) ; Lort Phillips, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 396. 



a. <$ . Geloko, 20th June, 1905. 



b-k. S ? • Waghar, 25th Aug.-4th Nov., 1905. 



l-a'. S ? • Burao, 27th Dec, 1905-14th Jan., 1906. 



Spreo shelleyi Sharpe. 



Spreo hildebrandti shelleyi Reich, ii. p. 677 (1903). 



a-k. S ? et <5 ? i mm - Waghar, 30th June-lst Sept., 

 1905. 



/_ m . ^ et c? imm. Burao, 8th Dec, 1905 -4th Mar., 

 1906. 



