ONYCHOGNATIIUS MORIO 105 



" The Pale-winged Starling builds its nest in the crannies 

 of rocks, of straw, dried grasses and various soft materials. 

 The eggs, three to five in number, are smaller than those of 

 the Ked-winged Starling, as well as somewhat paler in colour, 

 with smaller markings. The}' measure about 1''20 x 0'80." 



I have added Natal to the range of this species on the 

 authority of Mr. Oscar Neumann, as I am not otherwise aware 

 of its having been recorded from that colony. 



Onychognathus morio. 



Turdus morio, Linn. S. N. i. p. 297 (1766) Cajjc. 



Amydrus morio, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 161 (1890) ; Slielley, B. Air. 



I. No. 616 (1896) ; Reichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 699 (1903) ; Whitehead, 



Ibis, 1903, p. 223 Orange B.\ Shortridge, Ibis, 1904, p. 175 



Pondoland ; Clarke, t. c. p. 525 Blocmfontcin ; Neum. J. f. 0. 1904, 



p. 569. 

 Corvus rufipennis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. (2) p. 373 (1809) Cape. 

 Amydrus gracilirostri?, Neum. Orn. Monatsb. 1903, p. 183 Gape Col. ; id. 



J. f. 0. 1904, p. 569. 

 Amydrus morio oricntalis, Hartl. Abhandl. Bremen, 1891, p. 26, pt. 

 Amydrus morio shelleyi, Hartert, Cat. Mus. Senck. p. 75, note (1891) 



E. Africa ; Neum. J. f. 0. 1904, p. 569 German and British E. Afr. 

 Amydrus morio intermedius, Hartert, I. c. E. Africa. 

 Amydrua morio riippelli (non Chenu), Neum. J. f . 0. 1905, p. 241 ; Erlang. 



t. c. p. 709 ; Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 837, 1905. 



Subspecies, a. 

 Amydrus rueppelli, Verr. Chenu, Enc. Meth. v. p. 166 (1856) Abyssinia; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 162 (1890). 

 Amydrus morio riippelli, Eeichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 699 (1903, pt.) ; Neum. 



J. f. 0. 1904, p. 569. 



Adult male. Plumage, with the exception of the primaries, violet shaded 

 steel blue, tinged with green on the forehead, sides of head, tail, portion of 

 wings, upper throat, thighs and under tail-coverts ; primaries cinnamon, 

 slightly paler beneath than above, and with blackish ends ; the chestnut is 

 generally present on the first quill and extends far beyond the end of the 

 secondaries. " Iris dark brown, with an outer circle of crimson ; bill and 

 feet black" (Stark). Total length 12-2 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 60, tail 53, 

 tarsus 1-3. <? , 24. 4. 66, Cape Town (Andersson). 



