38 STURNID^] LAMPROCOLIUS 



Length 10-00 ; wing 510 ; tail 5-00 ; tarsus 1-10 ; culmen 0-90. 



Distribution. Southern Angola and Ovampoland ; abundant on 

 the plateau and among the mountains of Huilla to the north of the 

 Cunene Eiver, ranging south into Ovampoland and to the Okavango 

 Eiver (Erickson). 



Habits. Anchieta states that it feeds principally on fruits. 



14. Lamprocolius phcenicopterus. Bed-shouldered Glossy Starling. 



Le Nabirop, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. ii, p. 157. pi. 89 (1800). 

 Lainprotornis phcenicopterus, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 360 (1837). 

 Juida phoenicoptera, Gray, Gen. B. ii, p. 326 (1846) ; Layard, B. S. 



Afr., p. 171 (1867). 

 Lamprocolius phoenicopterus, Bp. Consp. i, p. 416 (1850) ; Sharpe. ed. 



Layard' s B. 8. Afr. pp. 425, 846 (1884) ; id. Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 180 



(1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 43 (1896). 



Description. Adult male. Above, deep glossy oil-green, with 

 purplish reflections on the occiput and back of neck ; the back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts glossed with steel-blue ; wing-coverts 

 glossy oil-green, some of the innermost lesser and the middle 

 coverts brilliant copper-colour encircled with purple and violet, the 

 middle and greater coverts tipped with steel-blue and with a pen- 

 ultimate spot of black ; quills glossy oil-green on the outer webs ; 

 tail-feathers oil-green glossed with blue ; lores and feathers round 

 the eyes black ; ear- coverts black glossed with violet ; throat glossy 

 steel-blue and green ; rest of under surface glossy oil-green ; thighs 

 black glossed with violet ; under tail-coverts bronzy oil- green ; 

 axillaries and underwing-coverts glossy purple, blue and green ; 

 under surface of wing and tail-feathers black. 



Iris orange-yellow ; bill and feet black. 



Length 10-50 ; wing 5'80 ; tail 4-00 ; tarsus 1-45 ; culmen 1-00. 



Adult female. Eesembles the male in plumage but is somewhat 

 duller in colour. 



Distribution. Confined to Cape Colony to the east of the 

 Gamtoos Eiver, probably ranging into the south of the Orange Free 

 State. 



Habits. In many districts of Eastern Cape Colony this species 

 of Glossy Starling is very common and well-known, being often met 

 with in considerable flocks. It is most numerous in the bush and 

 forest districts, where it finds an abundant supply of small fruits 



