W. E. OGILVIE-GRANT— AVES. 265 



Nyanza to the edge of the Eturi Forest. It was not found on Ruwenzori above 

 an altitude of 5000 ft.— B. B. W.} 



ClNNAMOPTERUS TENUIROSTRIS (Riipp.). 



Cinvamopterus tenuirostris Reich. Vug. Afr. ii. p. 703 (1903) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 569 

 [Ruwenzori] ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 60.2 [Kenia], 



a-d. cr 2 et 2 imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-10,000 ft., 6th-28th 



d. d. 



Jan. [Nos. 100. B. E. I). ; 1179. I). C. ; 2063. G. L. ; 3129. B. B. IF.] 



e-g. 6 2 • Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 9000-10,000 ft., 21st-25th Feb. 



[Nos. 165. B. E. I).; 1268, 1269. I). C] 



h-s. <3 2 et d 2 imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000-9000 ft., 3rd-20th 



d. d. d. d. 



March. [Nos; 212. B. E. J). ; 1283, 1285, 1308, 13S5, 1386, 1387. I). C; 2220, 



d. d. 

 2223, 2224, 2225. G. L.] 



Iris dark hazel-brown or dark brown ; bill and feet black. The colours of three 

 immature birds are similar to those of the adult. 



In my notes on the birds collected in Sokotra (cf. Nat. Hist. Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri, 

 p. 23) I pointed out the interesting fact that in the young female of the Starling Amydrus 

 blythi the head and neck are black like those of the male parent, the grey plumage 

 of the adult female being subsequently assumed. The same peculiarity is noticeable 

 in the present species. Immature birds, both male and female, resemble the male 

 parent in lacking all trace of grey edgings to the feathers; but the whole plumage is 

 much less glossy. In the adult male the feathers of the back and underparts below 

 the throat are black widely margined with purplish-bronze ; in the young the feathers 

 of the back are more narrowly edged with bluish-purple and the underparts are dull 

 black with scarcely any gloss. The tail in the immature bird is shorter than in the 

 adult. 



Wing. Tail, 



iu. in. 



Adult S 6-3 7-5 



„ $ 5-9 6-5 



Immature £ . . . . 5*9 5"8 



? .... 5-7 5-6 



[These Red-winged Starlings were plentiful on Ruwenzori from 6500 to 10,000 ft. 

 They were usually seen in large flocks flying up or down the valleys ; great numbers 

 used to roost in the tall trees and cliffs around the camp at 10,000 ft., and their shrill 

 call was one of the few bird-notes that was to be heard above 9000 ft. They appeared 

 to feed largely upon the berries of the Podocarpus (P. milanjiana). — B. B. IF.] 



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