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I found these two individuals feeding in the garden at 

 Dobar. 



3. Heteropsar albicapillus (Blyth) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1895, p. 461. 



No. 233. c? ad. Godgat, Jan. 27, 1898. f^^ll ^"^ ^.^^^ 



^^ „ X ^r^ i black : iris 



No. 236. S. „ Jan. 28, „ | p^ie yellow. 



This bird was not very common, and I saw it only four 

 times altogether, 



4. Spreo superbus (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 461. 

 No. 58. c? . Daboloc, Nov. 25, 1897. Bill and feet black ; 



iris pale yellow. 



This bird was very common after leaving Laferug for the 

 plateau. It was very tame, and came into camp, fearlessly 

 feeding on scraps. Often while we halted at midday this 

 bird and Lamprocolius chalybeus would walk quite close to 

 our feet and pick up scraps thrown to them. 



5. Lamprocolius chalybeus (Ehr.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1895, p. 460. 



No. 243. S ad. Hembeweina, Jan. 29, 18J8. Bill and 

 feet black ; iris yellow. 



I did not see many of these birds ; they were generally 

 about the villages, and went in company with Spreo 

 superbus. 



6. BUPHAGA ERYTHRORHYNCHA Staul. ; SharpC, P. Z. S, 



1895, p. 461. 



No. 62. (J . Daboloc, Nov. 25, 1897. Bill red ; feet 

 black ; iris yellow. 



No. 63. c? juv. „ „ „ Bill black ; feet 



black ; iris brown. 



When I first saw these birds climbing over the ponies and 

 camels, I thought what useful creatures they were. I soon, 

 however, altered my opinion when I noticed that the ponies' 

 backs were not improved by their attentions. The old scars 

 became open sores, and the small sores were enlarged. One 

 day I watched one of these birds through a glass on a 



