STURNID^. 159 



Juida australis, Layard's Cat. No. 335. 



Lamprotornis Burchelli, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 403. 



Lamprotornis australis, Sharpe's Cat. No. 535. 



This very handsome species abounds in the Lake- 

 regions ; in the Damara country it first becomes abun- 

 dant at Schmelen's Hope, on the upper sources of the 

 Swakop. It is found singly or in pairs, and passes most 

 of its time on large trees, but occasionally descends to 

 the ground in search of insects, which, with berries, con- 

 stitute its chief food. It is, however, somewhat omni- 

 vorous in its habits ; and I have observed its stomach to 

 contain much sand. It is a very shy bird, but very 

 lively, jerking its body and tail (the latter of which it 

 can raise quite perpendicularly) and uttering all the 

 while harsh clamorous notes. 



Measurements of a male : 



in. lin. 



Entire length 14 3 



Length of folded wing .... 7 7 



tarsus 19 



middle toe 11 



tail 73 



bill 12 



[The only Damara-Land specimen of this bird which has 

 come under my observation is preserved in the late Mr. Strick- 

 land's collection, at the Museum of Zoology at Cambridge. 

 Mr. Andersson's last collection contained an example from Lake 

 Ngami. ED.] 



193. Juida Mevesii (Wahl.). Meve's Glossy Starling. 



Juida Mevesii, Wahlberg, Ofvers. 1856, p. 174. 



Wahlberg, Journal fur Orn. 1857, p. 1. 

 Lamprotornis Mevesi, Sharpe's Cat. No. 533. 



[Mr. Andersson, in his MS. notes, does not allude to this 



