LAMPROCOLIUS. 4.25 
Lamprocolius purpureus (7. L. S, Miill.). 
Lamprocolius purpureus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 175 (1890) ; 
Reich. Vig. Afr. ii. p.691 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 589 (1909) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 851 (1910). 
Lamprotornis purpureus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 78 (1906). 
An egg said to be that of the Purple Glossy Starling is of a pointed 
oval shape and somewhat glossy. It is pale blue, spotted all 
over with brown and lilac-grey, the markings being most numerous 
round the larger end. It measures 1°17 by ‘85. 
1. West Africa. Crowley Bequest. 
Lamprocolius phenicopterus (Swuins.). 
(Plate XIX. figs. 2 & 3.) 
Lamprocolius phenicopterus, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 425 
(1875-84) ; Sharpe., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 180 (1890) ; Kuschel, 
J. f. O. 1895, p.330; Rk, B.S J. DS. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 405 ; 
Stark, Faun. 8S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 38 (1900); Reich. Vog. Afr. i. 
p- 685 (1903) ; Bucknill, Journ. S. Afr. Orn, Union, ii. p. 76 (1908) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 541 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eversamml. p. 35 
(1910). 
Lamprotornis pheenicopterus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 70 (1906) [ part. ]. 
Eggs of the Red-shouldered Glossy Starling are of a long oval 
shape and distinctly glossy. ‘The ground-colour varies from pale 
blue to bluish-green, marked all over with rather small spots of 
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pale reddish-brown and lilac-grey. They vary in length from 11 
to 1°18, and in breadth from ‘77 to °82. 
3. Grahamstown, C. Colony, 50th B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 
Nov. (B. £. J.). 
3. Belmont, nr. Grahamstown, 4th B. E. Jupp, Esq. | ¢ 
Dec. (L. Palmer). 
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Lamprocolius bispecularis (Strichl.). 
Lamprocolius bispecularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 181 (1890) ; 
rd., Hand-!, v. p. 541 (1909). 
Lamprocolius phenicopterus bispecularis, Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 
i. p. 39 (1900) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 686 (1903); Bucknill, Journ. 
S. Afr. Orn. Union, ii. p. 76 (1908). 
Lamprotornis phoenicopterus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 70 (1906) [part. }. 
Eggs of the Lesser Red-shouldered Glossy Starling resemble those 
of L. phewicopterus. They measure 1°15 by *72; 1-1 by *75. 
One taken by Dr. W. J. Ansorge from the oviduct of a female is 
uniform bright bluish-green. It measures 1:05 by ‘8. 
