266 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



Pcboptera stuhlmanni Reichenow. 



Stilbopsar stuhlmanni Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 706 (1903). 



a. 2 imm. Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 17th Sept. [No. 528. B. E. I).} 



Iris yellow ; bill and feet black. 



This specimen, which is no doubt immature, has the plumage mostly black with 

 very little of the oil-green gloss on the underparts which is characteristic of the adult 

 female ; it is also a somewhat smaller bird, the tail especially being shorter. 



Adult female. Wing 3 - 9 inches ; tail 3 - 05. 



Immature female. Wing 3 - 75 inches; tail 2"4. 



[This small Red-winged Starling was shot among the tops of high trees. — B. B. W.~] 



Lamprotornis porphyropterus Riipp. 



Lamprotornis purpurojHerus Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 710 (1903). 



Lamprotornis porphyropterus Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 568 [Toro ; Ankoli] ; Grant, Ibis, 1902, 

 p. 401, 1907, p. 580. 



a,b. 6 2 . 70 miles W. of Entebbe, 3700 ft., 30th Nov. & 1st Dec. [Nos. 10. 

 B. E. D. ; 3019. B. B. W.] 



c. 2 . 100 miles W. of Entebbe, 4000 ft., 7th Dec. [No. 2022. G. L.] 



d. d . 120 miles W. of Entebbe, 4200 ft., 8th Dec. [No. 1051. I). C] 



e. 6 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 24th April. [No. 1427. D. C] 



f. g. 6 . „ „ „ 5th & 19th May. [Nos. 344. B. E. 1). ; 



2334. G. £.] d 



h, i, 6 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft. 16th & 17th June. [Nos. 1637. J). C. ; 

 2404. G. L.] 



Iris white or very pale yellow ; bill and feet black. 



The characters by which this shorter-tailed form of the Purple-winged Glossv 

 Starling is distinguished from L. oeneocephalus Heugl. have already been pointed out 

 at some length in my papers in the ' Ibis,' quoted above. 



The measurements of the above series are as follows : — 



In freshly moulted examples, such as No. 344, killed on the 19th of May, the 

 feathers of the back and breast are purplish-green; in worn examples, such as 

 specimen 1051, killed on the 8th of December, the feathers of these parts are mostly 

 deep violet, while the exposed portions of many of the quills are brownish-black and 

 entirely lack the metallic gloss. 



