LAMPROTORNIS CHALYB.EUS 73 



Major Sparrow, in the lirst paper contributed to " The 

 Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union,'' gives 

 some interesting supplementary notes on the nesting-habits 

 and eggs of certain South African l)irds described in Stark 

 and Sclater's "South African Fauna," thus: "' Lampivculius 

 phcenicopterus bispecularis (Lesser Red-shouldered Glossy 

 Starling), nests in November. The clutch is only three 



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Lamprotornis chalybaeus. 



Laiuprotornis chalybaeus, Hempr. and Elir. Syuib. Phys. fol. y, pi. 10 



(1828) ; Abyssinia, Eiipp. N. Wirb. p. 27, pi. 11, fig. 2 (1836). 

 Lamprocolius chalybaeus, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii.p. 176 (1890); Shelley, 



B. Afr. I. No. 599 (1896) ; Reichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 687 (1903) ; A. L. 



Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 325 Soudan ; Witherby, t. c. p. 518 Somali ; 



El-anger, J. f. O. 1905, p. 709 N. E. Afr. 

 Lamprotornis chloropterus. Swains. An. in Menag. p. 359 (1838) W. 



Africa. 

 Lamprocolius chloropterus, Sharpe, Cat, B. M. xiii. p. 178 (1890) ; Shelley, 



B. Afr. I. No. 601 (1896) ; Neum. J. f. 0. 1905, p. 210 N. E. Afr. ' 

 Lamprocolius chalybgeus chloropterus, Ecichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 690 



(1903). 

 Lamprocolius cyauogeuys, Suudev. (Efv. Yet. Ak. Fork. Stockh. 1850, 



p. 127 Sennaar. 

 Lamprocolius cyauoventris, Blyth, Jouru. As. Sec. Beug. 1855, p. 255 



Ahysninia ; Neum. J. f. 0. 1905, p. 239 N. E. Afr. 

 "Lamprocolius sycobius, Peters," Hartl. J. f. 0. 1859, p. 19 Tete ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 178 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 600 



(1896) ; Holub. and Pelz. Beitr. Orn. S. Afr. p. 110, pi. 3 (1882). 

 Lamprocolius chalybieus sycobius, Eeichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 688 (1903). 

 Lamprocolius abyssinicus, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1859, p. 21 Abyssinia. 

 " Lamprocolius guttatus, 'Wiirt." Heugl. J. f. O. 1867, p. 294 Abyssinia. 

 Lamprocolius massaicus, Neum. J. f. 0. 1900, p. 280 Masai. 



Adult. Glossy green, with the exception of the following parts : in front 

 of the eye black ; ear-coverts deep blue sharply defined (or greenish blue not 

 sharply defined) ; lesser wing-coverts shaded with blue and lilac bronze (the 

 lilac shade often entirely absent) ; ends of median and greater-coverts and 

 the inner secondaries, M"ith velvety black spots ; sides of body and the thighs 



