162 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



The iris is hazel ; the bill very dark brown, but yellow 

 posteriorly, especially on the lower mandible ; the gape 

 is also yellow ; the legs and toes are nearly black. 



[As I have not happened to find this species in Mr. Anders- 

 son's collections, its identification as an inhabitant of Little 

 Namaqna Land and of the Lake-regions rests on Mr. Andersson's 

 authority, hut is no doubt perfectly correct. ED.] 



196. AmydniS caffer (Linn.). Caffire Glossy Starling. 



Le Ndbouroup, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 91. 



Spreo nabouroup, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 



1852, p. 149. 



Juida fulvipennis, Layard's Cat. No. 344. 



Lamprotornis fulvipennis^ Chapman's Travel's in S. Afr., App. p. 404. 

 Juida (Nabouroupus) cafra, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 6356. 

 Amydrus caffer, Sharpe's Cat. No. 520. 



This is a tolerably common bird in Damara Land and 

 in the adjacent countries to the north and east, as well 

 as in Great and Little Namaqua Land. It is gregarious 

 in its habits, congregating in small flocks, and is partial 

 to rocky localities ; it sometimes flies at a considerable 

 height, and frequents the water morning and evening. It 

 feeds on seeds, berries, insects, &c. 



The irides are bright yellow, the bill, legs, and toes 

 black. 



197. Dilophus camnculatus (Gmel.). Wattled Starling. 



Le Porte-lambeau, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pis. 93 & 94. 



Dilophus carunculatus, Strickland & Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 149. 



Layard's Cat. No. 353. 



Gracula carunculata, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 404. 

 Dilophus carunculatus, Sharpe's Cat. No. 538. 



