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will show. 6 , 18. 2. 68, Magen (Blanford). Total length 

 1.5'0 inches, culmeu l'-2, wing 71, tail 8"0, tarsus l"o. 



Onychognathus tenuirostris. 



Lamprotornis tenuirostris, Eiipp. N. Wirb. Vog. p. 26, pi. 10, fig. 1 (1835) 



Abyssinia. 

 Cinnamopterus tenuirostris, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 1G6 (1890) ; 



Slielley, B. Afr. I. No. 623 (1896) ; Eeichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 703 



(1903) ; Grant, Ibis, 1904, p. 255 Abyssinia ; Erlang J. f. 0. 1905, 



p. 710. 

 Amydrus tenuirostris, Neum. J. f. O. 1904, p. 569; 1905, p. 241 



N. E. Africa. 

 Oligomydus sturninus, Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 15 Wollo Gallaland. 

 Amydries canolimliatus, Eeichen. Orn. Monatsb. 1900, p. 99 Tandalla. 



Adult male. Plumage, with the exception of the primaries, glossy blue- 

 black ; neck, body, scapulars and lesser wing-coverts more violet, head, 

 portion of wings and the tail slightly greener ; primaries cinnamon with 

 the outer one and ends of the others blackish ; the cinnamon scarcely 

 paler beneath than above. Iris reddish brown ; bill and feet black. Total 

 length 13-4 inches, culmen 1-0, wing 59, tail 6-8, tarsus 1'3. J , 30. 8. 99, 

 Mount Kenia (Makinder). 



Adult female. Duller ; all the feathers, excepting those of the tail and 

 the quill, with ashy white edges, smallest and inclining to spots on the head, 

 and to complete edges, especially defined on the lower back, and, broadest on 

 the breast, thighs and under tail-coverts ; wing 5-6, tail 5-9. 2 , 30. 8. 99, 

 Mount Kenia (Makinder). 



Immature. Like the male but duller and of a more sooty shade, 

 especially on the under parts. Culmen 055, wing 5-5, tail 5-2, tarsus 1-2. 

 ? , 10. 10. 01, Harar (Zaphiro). 



The Slender-billed Chestnut-winged Starling ranges from 

 Lake Nyasa into Bogosland, and westward to the Euwenzori 

 Mountains. 



Dr. Fiilleborn has procured a hen of this species between 

 Tandalla and Bulongwa, due north of Lake Nyasa, in about 

 9° S. lat., which is the type of Amydrus canoJimhaiitH, 

 Eeichen., and is the only record of the occurrence of this 

 Starling in German East Africa. 



(January, 1906. 8 



