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Family Corvid^. 



CORVULTUR AL.BICOLLIS (Lath.). 

 Corvultur albicollis Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 602 [Kenia]; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 38 

 (1900) [Toro]; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 610 (1903). 

 a. 2 ■ Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 12,500 ft., 16th Feb. [No. 158. E. E. R] 

 Iris dark brown ; bill black, white at the tip ; feet black. 

 This Raven was met with by the Mackinder Expedition on Mount Kenia up to an 



elevation of 10,000 ft. 



[The White-necked Raven was seen on Ruwenzori up to an elevation of 14,000 ft. 

 A pair had a nest in a cliff overhanging our camp at 12,500 ft., but the species was 

 not very common at these altitudes and was most numerous below 7000 ft. — E. B. W.] 



Family Sturnid^;. 



Phot.idauo.es verreauxi Bocage. 



Pkolidauges verreauxi Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 589 [Njemps, Ekloma Ravine]. 

 Cinnyricinclus verreauxi Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 680 (1903) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 569 

 [Entebbe; Tom]. 

 a. rf km. 60 miles N. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3500 ft., 16th Aug. 

 [No. 1785. R C] 



Iris pale yellow ; bill and feet black. 



This example of Verreaux's Glossy Starling is in an interesting stage of plumage, 

 showing the change in the contour feathers of the upperparts from the immature to 

 the adult. Some of the feathers of the back are brown, others brilliant metallic 

 purple, and many of those on the crown and nape are still in quill. 



[A single specimen obtained on the eastern edge of the Eturi Forest, near 

 Irumu.— B. B. IF.] 



Pholidauges siiarpei Jackson. 

 Pkolidauges sharpei Jackson, Ibis, 1899. pp. 303, 590, pi. xn. [Nandi, Eldoma Ravine]. 

 Pholia hirundinea, Reich. On. Monatsb. viii. p. 99 (1900;. 

 Phulia sharpei Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 682 (1903). 



a $ . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 7000 ft, 22nd Jan. [No. 3125. E. B. W.\ 

 bi c> 6 2 . „ „ 9000 ft,, 3rd March. [Nos. 180, 182. 



E. E. R] 



Iris bright yellow in the male, yellowish-green or greenish-brown in the female 



bill and feet black. 



This rare Starling was described by Mr. Jackson from specimens procured by him 

 at the Eldoma Ravine in 1897. It has also been recorded by Dr. Reichenow from 

 the north of Lake Nyasa, and was described by him as a new genus of Flycatchers ' 



