116 ONYCHOGNATIIUS SALVADOKIT 



Onychognathus salvadorii. 



Galeopsar salvadorii, Sharpe, Iljis, 1891, p. 211, pi. 4 Siik; Shelley. 

 B. Afr. I. No. G25 (1896) ; Reichen. Yog. Afr. ii. p. 705 (1903) ; 

 Neum. J. f. O. 1904, p. 568 ; Erlanger, J. f. O. 1905, p. 710 Arussi 

 Galla. 



Adult (type). Plumage, with the exception of the primaries, glossy blue 

 black, of a more violet shade on the head, ueck, back, scapulars and lesser 

 wing-coverts ; remainder of wing, tail, lireast, thighs and under tail-coverts 

 greener ; primaries cinnamon with tlie ends of the featliers and the whole of 

 the first small primary dull black ; the cinnamon colour extends well beyond 

 the secondaries and is very slightly paler beneath than above. " Iris 

 crimson ; bill and feet black." Total length 15 3 inches, culmen O'S, wing 

 6-2, tail 9-0, tarsus 1-3. S 15. 1. 90, Turquel (Jackson). 



Salvadori's Chestnut-winged Starling inhabits the conntrv 

 to the north-east of Victoria Nyanza. 



The species, so well marked by the knob formed of bristly 

 feathers on the front half of the crown, was discovered by 

 Mr. Jackson in the Suk country, January 15, 1800, when, 

 according to his diaiy, he camped at Kirakow, on the Suan 

 Eiver (1° 45' N. lat., 35° 7' E. long.). Mr. Neumann has met 

 with the species in the country between Lake Rudolph and 

 Mount Kenia, and Dr. Donaldson Smith has procured two 

 specimens in Western Bomaliland, at Stonybrook, near the 

 junction of the Ehrcr River with the Slioljeli. One of these 

 latter specimens, which, like the type, is labelled female, 

 agrees perfectly with a male specimen in the colouring of the 

 plumage, which has been well illustrated. "Ibis," 1801, p. 241, 

 pi. 4. 



In Arussi Gallaland, Erlanger met with a few small 

 colonies of these Starlings breeding in the cliffs to the south 

 of Ginir. 



