428 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
violet-blue; bill and feet black. Total length, 8” 10” ; bill from 
gape, 113”; tail, 2°11” (Hartlaub). 
410. LamprocoLius MELANOGASTER, Swains. 
Black-bellied Glossy Starling. 
Juida melanogaster, Layard, B. 8. Afr. pl. 173. 
This is entirely a bird of the eastern districts, though Victorin 
records it from the Knysna. Captain Trevelyan sent it from King- 
williamstown, and Mr. Rickard procured it at East London. We 
have received it from Pietermaritzburg, and Captain Shelley met 
with it at Durban; Mr. Ayres says that in Natal it is a gregarious 
species, inhabiting bush-land, the food consisting of small fruits, 
the notes for the most part being loud and harsh. It appears to be 
widely distributed in Eastern Africa, occurring throughout the 
Zanzibar districts as far as Unyamesi. 
Shining green, glossed with purple on the ears, scapulars, rump, 
and upper tail-covers; belly and flanks black, the latter glossed 
with copper; quills black, with obscure purplish edges; tail black, 
glossed with fine purple ; no black spots on wing as in DL. pheni- 
copterus. Length, 8”; wing, 4” 5”; tail, 3” 5”. 
Mr. Ayres states that the bill is black, the tarsi and feet black, 
and iris darkish yellow. 
411, PoxipavcEs vernEavuxil, Bocage. Verreaux’s Glossy Thrush. 
Juida leucogaster, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 174. 
This beautiful bird does not appear to extend into the Cape 
Colony, but we have seen specimens from Natal, where Mr. Ayres 
says it is gregarious, but not nearly so plentiful as most other 
species of Glossy Starling; Captain Shelley met with it both at 
Durban and Pinetown. It occurs in the Transvaal, having been 
met with by Mr. F. A. Barratt near Rustenberg, and by Mr. T. B. 
Buckley on the Gooqui River in Bamangwato. Mr. Frank Oates 
shot it near the Umvungu River, and it extends far up the east 
coast into the Zanzibar district. Mr. Andersson says it is common 
in Damara Land and to the northward, but only as a migratory 
bird, arriving at the approach of the rainy season, and gradually 
leaving as the country dries up, though he observed a few 
individuals remaining long after the general emigration was over ; 
and these, he thought, might probably stay throughout the year. 
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