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cured. Both there and at our highest camp, Ahho DiineUus, 

 this bird was fairly coiiiinon. A few pairs were met with, 

 accompanied in every case by only one young bird, and it 

 may thus be assumed that only one egg is laid at a sitting." 



The species may be distinguished from the males of 

 0. hlytlii by the wing not being more than 6 inches, and the 

 graduation of the tail 0'5 to 0'8, which is much less than in 

 0. bli/tJii, and from 0. tiisframi and 0. cajfer by the darker 

 colouring of the chestnut on the wings. 



Onychognathus caffer. 



Coracias caffra, Linn. S. N. i. p. 159 (1766) Africa. 



Amydrus caffer, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 169 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. 



I. No. 611 (1896) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1903, p. 323 Orange E. 

 Pyrrhochiera caffra, Keichen. Yog. Air. ii. p. 697 (1903). 

 Sturnus nabouroup, Daud. Traite ii. p. 308 (1800) ex LcvaM. 

 Amydrus nabouroup nabouroup, Neum. J. f. 0. 1904, p. 569 Western 



S. Afr. 

 Lamprotornis fulvipennis. Swains, in Menag. p. 298 (1838) ex Levaill. 

 Pyrrhocheira caffra intensetincta, Eeichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 697 (1903) 



Port Elizabeth; iii. p. 837 (1905). 

 Pyrvhochira intensitincta, Sharpe, Ibis, 1894, p. 366 Cape Col. 

 Amydrus nabouroup intensitioctus, Neum. J. f. 0. 1904, p. 569 Easlcni 



Cape Col. Natal, 

 Amydrus nabouroup benguellensis, Neum. Oru. Mouatsb. 1903, p. 184 



Bcmjuela; id. J. f. O. 1904, p. 569. 



Adult. Plumage, with the exception of the primaries, glossy black, 

 greener on the head, wings, tail, abdomen, thighs and under tail coverts, 

 and of a more violet shade on the back, scapulars, lesser wing-coverts, lower 

 throat and chest ; primaries pale rufous, buff' shading into deep cinnamon 

 on their outer edges, and with the first quill and broad ends to the others 

 black. " Iris orange yellow ; bill and feet black." Total length 10-7 inches, 

 culmen 0-9, wing 6-3 and 5-9, tail 4-8, tarsus 13. <? , 23. 4. 02 and ?, 

 15. 4. 02, Deilfontein (Col. Sloggett). 



The Caffer Chestnut-winged Starling ranges over South- 

 western Africa from Angola into the Cape, Natal and Orange 

 Eiver Colonies. 



