342 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on Birds 



say^ in determining some of the species has been most grate- 

 fully accepted. 



8. AmYDRUS ELGONENSIS, Sp. n. 



A. similis A. walleri, Shelley^ sed minor, pileo griseo_, plumis 

 medialiter chalybeo-nigris ; facie laterali et gutture toto 

 clare griseis, gutture imo et prsepectore chalybeo macu- 

 latis. Long. tot. 8*2 poll. Angl., culm. 0*8, alse 4*65, 

 caudse 3*3, tarsi 0'9. 

 No. 300. $ ad. Mt. Elgon, Feb. 23, 1890. 



This is a species closely allied to Amydrus walleri of Shelley 

 (cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 165) from the Usam- 

 bara Hills; but it nevertheless appears to be distinct, and 

 Count Salvadori, who has seen the bird, confirms my opinion. 

 It is smaller than A. walleri, purer grey on the head, sides of 

 face, and throat ; the nape and hind neck, as well as the lower 

 thi'oat, are mottled with mesial spots of steel-green. 



9. AmYDRUS; MORIO. 



Amydrus morio (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 



p. 161 (1890). 



No. 43. 6 ad. Ulu, Ukambani, Jan. 3, 1889. 



No. 172. S ad. Turquel, Sak, Jan. 14, 1890.— Irides crim- 

 son. Common. 



No. 308. $ ad. Mount Elgon, Feb. 24, 1890.— Irides crim- 

 son ; feet and bill black. Plentiful in flocks. 



10. Lamprocolius chalybeus. 



Lamprocolius chalybeus (Ehr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 176 (1890) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. 

 p. 199 (1884; Shoa), vi. p. 297 (1888). 

 No. 51. Ad. Lake Naivasha, Sept. 10, 1889. 



11. Lamprocolius melanogaster. 



Lamprocolius melanogaster (Swains.); Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 182 (1890) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 335 

 (1884; Pangani) ; id. J. f. 0. 1885, p. 132 (Lindi, Bagamoyo, 

 Usaramo, Kipini, Witu, Zanzibar) . 



Ad. Probably obtained near the coast, as no ticket is 

 attached to the specimen. 



