402 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



This is the common Glossy Starling of British East 

 Africa. It is found in the game-country, in towns, and 

 native villages. 



These birds are good scavengers. We have found their 

 nests in trees in January and July. The eggs are blue. 

 Young in first plumage were secured in March. They are 

 very much duller than adults. These Starlings do well in 

 captivity. 



Localities. Nairobi^ Escarpment, and Kenia, in British East 

 Africa. 



Lamprocolius sycobitis. 



S. 21.vii. 10. 



One specimen of this species was obtained. They are not 

 so very common. We found them in the acacia-country, in 

 small flocks or pairs. Reichenow gives the distribution as 

 Mombasa to the Transvaal and Mossamedes. 



Grauer procured these birds at Lake Kivu and on the 

 Kagera River^ and L. s. massaicus on the Rusisi River, 

 between Kivu and Tanganyika. 



Localities. Nambirize and Buddu, in Uganda. 



Lamprocolius splendidus glaucovirens. 



rT 1-3. 20. viii. 06 ; 16. viii. 06 (?) ; 16. viii. 06. 

 ? . 7. i. 14 ; 24. iii. 10. 



This Glossy Starling is common in the great forests. They 

 are wild and difficult to approach in the open, but in the 

 forest they can be obtained with great ease. Like other 

 Starlings these birds migrate from place to place, according 

 to the abundance or scarcity of food in any one place. They 

 are very partial to the wild fig. These birds are strong flyers, 

 and make a noise like the sound of an express train dashing 

 through a station as they pass from one feeding-ground to 

 another. Birds were moulting in August. Eggs of this 

 species were taken from holes in trees in March. 



Localities. Singo, Bale, Mabira, and Kabulamuliro, in 

 Uiranda. 



